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Title: Alpha-environmental continuous air monitor inlet

Abstract

A wind deceleration and protective shroud that provides representative samples of ambient aerosols to an environmental continuous air monitor (ECAM) has a cylindrical enclosure mounted to an input on the continuous air monitor, the cylindrical enclosure having shrouded nozzles located radially about its periphery. Ambient air flows, often along with rainwater flows into the nozzles in a sampling flow generated by a pump in the continuous air monitor. The sampling flow of air creates a cyclonic flow in the enclosure that flows up through the cylindrical enclosure until the flow of air reaches the top of the cylindrical enclosure and then is directed downward to the continuous air monitor. A sloped platform located inside the cylindrical enclosure supports the nozzles and causes any moisture entering through the nozzle to drain out through the nozzles.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Santa Fe, NM
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
875096
Patent Number(s):
6530287
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
alpha-environmental; continuous; air; monitor; inlet; wind; deceleration; protective; shroud; provides; representative; samples; ambient; aerosols; environmental; cylindrical; enclosure; mounted; input; shrouded; nozzles; located; radially; periphery; flows; rainwater; sampling; flow; generated; pump; creates; cyclonic; reaches; top; directed; downward; sloped; platform; inside; supports; causes; moisture; entering; nozzle; drain; air flow; ambient air; air monitor; continuous air; representative sample; /73/

Citation Formats

Rodgers, John C. Alpha-environmental continuous air monitor inlet. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Rodgers, John C. Alpha-environmental continuous air monitor inlet. United States.
Rodgers, John C. Wed . "Alpha-environmental continuous air monitor inlet". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875096.
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