Safety device for removing tritium gas from a gas stream
Abstract
Abstract THE FORM OF A TRITIUM-EXCHANGE MEANS, IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF THE CONVERTER MEANS SUCH THAT THE TRITIUM IN THE LABILE-TRITIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUND IS EXCHANGED WITH LABILE HYDROGEN IN THE TRITIUM-EXCHANGE MEANS. SAFETY DEVICE FOR REMOVING TRITIUM GAS FROM FLOWING FLUID STREAMS COMPRISED OF A MEANS TO CONVERT THE TRITIIUM IN THE STREAM TO A LABILE-TRITIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND A TRAPPING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE CONVERSION MEANS SUCH THAT THE FLUID STREAM UPON EXITING FROM THE CONVERSION MEANS FLOWS THROUGH THE TRAPPING MEANS, THE TRAPPING MEANS COMPRISING A MEANS TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF THE LABILE-TRITIUM-CONTAINING COMPOUND TO ATMOSPHERE. IN A SPECIFIC EMBODIMENT, THE INVENTION IS A SAFETY DEVICE FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC DETECTORS OF THE ELECTRON CAPTURE TYPE WHICH EMPLOY A TRITIATED MATERIAL AS A SOURCE OF BETA RADIATION WHEREIN THE CONVERTER MEANS IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF THE DETECTOR AND THE TRAPPING MEANS, WHICH IN THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT TAKES
Inventors
- 👤 Royal H Benson
- 👤 Robert J Bodre
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