Method for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies
Abstract
A system for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies. A sampling unit is employed which includes a housing having at least one opening therein and a tubular member positioned within the housing having a central passageway surrounded by a side wall. The side wall is made of a composition designed to absorb the contaminants. In use, the sampling unit is immersed in a water supply. The water supply contacts the tubular member through the opening in the housing, with any contaminants being absorbed into the side wall of the tubular member. A carrier gas is then passed through the central passageway of the tubular member. The contaminants will diffuse out of the side wall and into the central passageway where they will subsequently combine with the carrier gas, thereby yielding a gaseous product. The gaseous product is then analyzed to determine the amount and type of contaminants therein.
- Inventors:
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- Shelley, ID
- Idaho Falls, ID
- White Bear Lake, MN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872471
- Patent Number(s):
- 5942440
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (Idaho Falls, ID)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- method; detecting; organic; contaminants; water; supplies; sampling; unit; employed; housing; therein; tubular; positioned; central; passageway; surrounded; wall; composition; designed; absorb; immersed; supply; contacts; absorbed; carrier; gas; passed; diffuse; subsequently; combine; yielding; gaseous; product; analyzed; determine; amount; type; central passage; central passageway; organic contaminant; carrier gas; gaseous product; organic contaminants; water supply; water supplies; detecting organic; /436/73/
Citation Formats
Dooley, Kirk J, Barrie, Scott L, and Buttner, William J. Method for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Dooley, Kirk J, Barrie, Scott L, & Buttner, William J. Method for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies. United States.
Dooley, Kirk J, Barrie, Scott L, and Buttner, William J. Fri .
"Method for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872471.
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title = {Method for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies},
author = {Dooley, Kirk J and Barrie, Scott L and Buttner, William J},
abstractNote = {A system for detecting organic contaminants in water supplies. A sampling unit is employed which includes a housing having at least one opening therein and a tubular member positioned within the housing having a central passageway surrounded by a side wall. The side wall is made of a composition designed to absorb the contaminants. In use, the sampling unit is immersed in a water supply. The water supply contacts the tubular member through the opening in the housing, with any contaminants being absorbed into the side wall of the tubular member. A carrier gas is then passed through the central passageway of the tubular member. The contaminants will diffuse out of the side wall and into the central passageway where they will subsequently combine with the carrier gas, thereby yielding a gaseous product. The gaseous product is then analyzed to determine the amount and type of contaminants therein.},
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year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},
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