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Post-blending valve degasser

US6309444A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2000
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/027
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flow-through vacuum degassing unit for degassing a mobile phase includes a vacuum conduit adapted to be connected to a source for creating a vacuum in the conduit, an inlet port and an outlet port for admitting and discharging the mobile phase to be degassed, a degassing tube for conducting the mobile phase through the conduit, wherein the degassing tube is a gas-permeable, liquid impermeable material. In a particular embodiment, the degassing tube receives multiple mobile phases blended together in a discrete volume of desired composition.

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