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Method and apparatus for removing chloride from samples containing volatile organic carbon

US8889070B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Endress+Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Ulrich Kathe · Leonberg, DE
Andrea Gross · Mühlacker, DE
Anja Gerlinger · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2010
Grant date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/1826
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for removing chloride from samples containing volatile organic carbon, wherein a chloride containing sample is mixed with a difficultly volatile acid, wherein hydrochloric acid gas arises, which is present in dissolved form in a sample-acid mixture and then the hydrochloric acid gas is purged by a carrier gas from the sample-acid mixture, wherein the hydrochloric acid gas is removed from the carrier gas following the purging and the carrier gas is fed back to the sample-acid mixture. In order during the hydrochloric acid purging largely to suppress the driving out of easily volatile organic compounds, the sample-acid mixture has a temperature of approximately 3° C. to 30° C., wherein, following the purging from the sample-acid mixture, the hydrochloric acid gas is removed from the carrier gas by absorption with water.

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