Peltier freeze-shoe sampler to recover aquifer sediment and groundwater

US8701505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

• Alexander Van Geen · Dobbs Ferry, US
• Benjamin Bostick · New York, US
• Christopher Manning · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N1/42
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A groundwater sampling tool that includes an elongated hollow coring tube having a proximal end and a distal end for collecting groundwater and sediment; a Peltier element located in close proximity to a wall of the elongated hollow coring tube adapted to freeze groundwater and sediment collected by the elongated hollow coring tube.