Personal continuous air monitor

Patent · Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:20013261

Morgan, R G; Salazar, S A

This invention relates to a personal continuous air monitor capable of giving immediate warning of the presence of radioactivity. The monitor has a filter/detector head to be worn in the breathing zone of a user and it contains a filter mounted adjacent to radiation detectors, and a preamplifier. The filter/detector head is connected to a belt pack to be worn at the waist or on the back of a user. The belt pack contains a signal processor, batteries, a multichannel analyzer, a logic circuit, and an alarm. An air pump also is provided in the belt pack for pulling air through the filter/detector head by way of an air tube.d

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: LANL; EDB-00:006682
• Application Number: Int. Cl. G08B 17/10; US 6,011,479/A/; 9-205,490; TRN: US0000987
• OSTI ID: 20013261
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 4 Jan 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

44 INSTRUMENTATION
RADIATION MONITORS
RADIATION MONITORING
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
DESIGN