Method and apparatus for monitoring content of flowing streams
Abstract
Abstract AN IMPROVED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A LIQUID STREAM FOR HIGH-BOILING COMPONENTS DISSOLVED OR SUSPENDED THEREIN. THE STREAM IS DIRECTED ACROSS A SPACE DEFINED BY PARALLEL HORIZONTAL EXTENDING SURFACES TO BRIDGE THE SURFACES AS A DYNAMIC, FLAT-FACED DROP HELD THEREBETWEEN BY SURFACE TENSION. OUTFLOW FROM THE DROP IS DIRECTED AS A FILM DOWN A DRAINAGE MEMBER TO DRIP FROM ITS TIP. A CONVEYOR COMPRISING SPACED-APART GROUPS OF INTERCONNECTED LOOPS IS PASSED THROUGH THE DROP TO CAPTURE SAMPLES THEREOF IN THE CONVEYOR LOOPS, AFTER WHICH THE LOADED CONVEYOR IS PASSED THROUGH A HEATED ZONE T REMOVE THE LIQUID AND ANY LOW-BOILING COMPONENTS THEREIN. THE CONVEYOR THEN IS PASSED THROUGH A SECOND HEATED ZONE TO GASIFY ANY RESIDUE ON THE CONVEYOR. THE GASIFIED RESIDUE IS MONITORED WITH A GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS DETECTOR.
Inventors
- 👤 Benjamin T Cole
- 👤 Richard H Stevens
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