High pressure capillary liquid chromatography solvent delivery system
US6299767A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2030/326
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
High pressure capillary liquid chromatography solvent delivery is effected at substantially low volume and atmospheric pressure. The low volume solvent composition is subsequently pressurized and expelled at high pressure into a receiving device such as a column. The solvent composition is expelled from a fluid metering system configured to deliver liquids at low pressures to a storage matrix via an isolation valve. The solvent composition is delivered to the storage matrix in reverse order such that the first volume of liquid delivered into the storage matrix is the last volume of liquid expelled out. Liquid pre-existing within the storage matrix is transferred into a fluid accumulator in fluid communication with the storage matrix. The fluid accumulator is enveloped in a pressure caisson which can be pressurized or depressurized in response to sensor signals obtained from a fluid volume displacement transducer and a pressure sensor, in accordance with solvent composition cycle formation. As the caisson is pressurized, the pressure acting on the fluid accumulator causes the solvent composition within the storage matrix to be expelled out past the isolation valve into a chromatogra…
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