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Apparatus for the thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body
Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Filing: 1984-11-01
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Granted: 1986-11-18
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Expires: 2004-11-01
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for the thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body, including a measuring head, a measuring assembly and a processing and control circuit. The measuring head is provided with two identical cylindrical cells, a measuring cell and a reference cell, arranged in a furnace. The measuring assembly measures the mean temperature of the measuring cell, and measures a calorific effect in the measuring cell, and includes a calorific effect detector, a calibration circuit, a temperature regulator including a furnace heater. The measuring circuit supplies a temperature signal and a calorific effect signal to the processing and control circuit, which in turn controls the heater.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Barberi
- 👤 Pierre Bergez
- 👤 Maurice Brun
- 👤 Michel Chevalier
- 👤 Charles Eyraud
- 👤 Jean-Francois Quinson
Bibliographic Details
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US
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2026-11-08 15:24
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N15/00; G01N15/08; G01N15/088; G01N25/00; G01N25/20; G01N25/48; G01N25/4846; G01N25/4866
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
An apparatus for thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body subjected to thermal gradients, having a measuring head, a measuring assembly and a processing and control means, said measuring head being provided with two identical low inertia cylindrical cells, including a measuring cell and a reference cell wherein at least one of said two cells are in contact with said porous body and, wherein the measuring assembly comprises: a mean temperature measuring means for measuring the mean temperature of the measuring cell, while said porous body is subject to said temperature gradient and before said porous body reaches thermal equilibrium said mean temperature measuring means delivering a signal to the processing and control means in order to calculate the radius and shape of pores under examination; a calorific effect measuring means for measuring a calorific effect in the measuring cell, said calorific effect measuring means delivering a signal to the processing and control means in order to calculate the pore volume, said calorific effect measuring means comprising a calorific effect detection means and an electrical calibration means; and a temperature regulation means comprising a furnace for heating said measuring head and a cryostat for cooling said measuring head.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
200 words
An apparatus for thermal measurement of the texture of a porous body subjected to thermal gradients, having a measuring head, a measuring assembly and a processing and control means, said measuring head being provided with two identical low inertia cylindrical cells, including a measuring cell and a reference cell wherein at least one of said two cells are in contact with said porous body and, wherein the measuring assembly comprises: a mean temperature measuring means for measuring the mean temperature of the measuring cell, while said porous body is subject to said temperature gradient and before said porous body reaches thermal equilibrium said mean temperature measuring means delivering a signal to the processing and control means in order to calculate the radius and shape of pores under examination; a calorific effect measuring means for measuring a calorific effect in the measuring cell, said calorific effect measuring means delivering a signal to the processing and control means in order to calculate the pore volume, said calorific effect measuring means comprising a calorific effect detection means and an electrical calibration means; and a temperature regulation means comprising a furnace for heating said measuring head and a cryostat for cooling said measuring head.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each cell comprises a generally cylindrical thin support, and a first thermoresistive winding outside said support and concentric thereto, each first thermoresistive winding being connected to the mean temperature measuring means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the calorific effect detection means for detecting the calorific effect in the measuring cell comprises, on each cell, a thermal unbalance measuring means and a second thermosresistive winding, external of and concentric to the first thermoresistive winding, said second thermoresistive winding being connected to said thermal unbalance measuring means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein each cell comprises a third thermoresistive winding, external of and concentric to the two other thermoresistive windings, said third thermoresistive winding being connected to the electrical calibration means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each cell comprises a generally cylinder thin support and a single thermoresistive winding outside said support and concentric thereto, said thermoresistive winding being connected to the mean temperature measuring means and to the calorific effect detection means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each cell comprises another thermoresistive winding, external of and concentric to the first thermoresistive winding, said another thermoresistive winding being connected to the electrical calibration means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cryostat is a Peltier effect device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing and control means ensures a heat control of the furnace and comprises means for controlling the heating means in order to maintain the mean temperature of the reference cell at a programmed reference value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the reference cell comprises a generally cylindrical thin support, and a thermoresistive winding outside said support and concentric thereto, said thermoresistive winding detecting the mean temperature of the reference cell and supplying said mean temperature to the processing and control means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the programmed reference value takes into account of temperature scanning rate and of weight of the sample of the porous material studied.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
95 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing and control means is able to perform the following successive stages: linear or non-linear drop in the furnace temperature up to the solidification of the fluid contained in the pores of the porous body; inversion of the temperature variation up to the partial metling of the excess fluid; automatic inversion of the temperature variation before the end of the melting of the excess fluid and linear or non-linear to the complete solidification of the fluid; said stages making it possible to prevent supercooling of the condensate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processing and control means is able to control temperature zones between each stage in order to allow heat shocks damping.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
55 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said mean temperature measuring means comprises a differential amplifier for receiving an output from said measuring cell and said reference cell and a integrator for receiving the output from said differential amplifier wherein the output of said integrator is a signal representing the temperature of said measuring cell.
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