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Mobile exhaust tracking system

US5252828A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Filing dateApr 7, 1992
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/3504
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to an apparatus (10) for, and a method of, collecting and analyzing a sample of exhaust gases (16) from a mobile exhaust source. A funneling member (18) is attached to a vehicle (12) for concentrating exhaust gases (16) discharged by a moving exhaust source. The vehicle (12) is positioned behind the mobile exhaust source such that the funneling member (18) is within a stream of exhaust gases (30) being discharged by the mobile exhaust source. As the exhaust gases (16) pass through the funneling member (18), a sampling tube (22) extracts a sample of the concentrated exhaust gases (16) and routes them to an analyzing means (26) for analysis of the sample.

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