Particulate matter monitor
US8726720B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/225
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A particulate monitoring system includes a conduit in which to a pass a fluid sample from an input port to an output port. The particulate monitoring system receives a fluid sample inputted to the conduit through the input port. The fluid sample can include different sizes of particulate matter. The particulate monitoring system controls a flow of the fluid sample through the conduit to age the particulate matter. Gravitational forces cause a portion of the particulate matter in the fluid sample to fall into a basin as opposed to being exhausted through the output port, which is disposed at a vertically higher level of the conduit than the input port. Thus, the particulate monitoring system outputs a portion of the original particulate matter in the fluid sample (e.g., particulate matter that does not drop into the basin out due to gravity) for analysis.
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