Method and apparatus for predicting the end of life of a gas scrubber
US6450682B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N25/4846
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for predicting the end of life of a packed resin or dry chemical bed in a gas scrubber including providing a plurality of thermocouples spacedly disposed in the packed bed, the thermocouples being operatively coupled to a processor, monitoring the motion of an exothermic wavefront through the packed resin or dry chemical bed by periodically sampling the thermocouples and computing a time at which the exothermic wavefront will have traversed the packed resin or dry chemical bed, the computed time being the end of life of the packed resin or dry chemical bed.
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