Aerosol ionizer
Abstract
A system and method comprising an ion production chamber having an ultra-violet light source disposed towards said chamber, a coated quartz plate between the chamber and the UV source whose coating absorbs incident UV light and ejects electrons into the chamber through the photoelectric effect, a harvest gas disposed to flow through the chamber from an inlet to an outlet, and a jet operable to introduce a sample into the harvest gas flow. In some embodiments the system includes using helium as the harvest gas. Certain embodiments include introducing a sample perpendicular to the harvest gas flow and using multiple sample introduction jets to increase mixing efficiency. In some embodiments the harvest gas and particle sample jet are one and the same. The charge sample may be coupled to a MEMS-based electrometer.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brechtel Manufacturing, Inc., Hayward, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568204
- Patent Number(s):
- 10261049
- Application Number:
- 16/032,874
- Assignee:
- Brechtel Manufacturing, Inc. (Hayward, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0015069
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 07/11/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Brechtel, Fredrick J., and Lopez-Yglesias, Xerxes. Aerosol ionizer. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Brechtel, Fredrick J., & Lopez-Yglesias, Xerxes. Aerosol ionizer. United States.
Brechtel, Fredrick J., and Lopez-Yglesias, Xerxes. Tue .
"Aerosol ionizer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568204.
@article{osti_1568204,
title = {Aerosol ionizer},
author = {Brechtel, Fredrick J. and Lopez-Yglesias, Xerxes},
abstractNote = {A system and method comprising an ion production chamber having an ultra-violet light source disposed towards said chamber, a coated quartz plate between the chamber and the UV source whose coating absorbs incident UV light and ejects electrons into the chamber through the photoelectric effect, a harvest gas disposed to flow through the chamber from an inlet to an outlet, and a jet operable to introduce a sample into the harvest gas flow. In some embodiments the system includes using helium as the harvest gas. Certain embodiments include introducing a sample perpendicular to the harvest gas flow and using multiple sample introduction jets to increase mixing efficiency. In some embodiments the harvest gas and particle sample jet are one and the same. The charge sample may be coupled to a MEMS-based electrometer.},
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