Target detection portal
Abstract
A portal apparatus for screening persons or objects for the presence of trace amounts of target substances such as explosives, narcotics, radioactive materials, and certain chemical materials. The portal apparatus can have a one-sided exhaust for an exhaust stream, an interior wall configuration with a concave-shape across a horizontal cross-section for each of two facing sides to result in improved airflow and reduced washout relative to a configuration with substantially flat parallel sides; air curtains to reduce washout; ionizing sprays to collect particles bound by static forces, as well as gas jet nozzles to dislodge particles bound by adhesion to the screened person or object. The portal apparatus can be included in a detection system with a preconcentrator and a detector.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Tijeras, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874191
- Patent Number(s):
- 6334365
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- target; detection; portal; apparatus; screening; persons; presence; trace; amounts; substances; explosives; narcotics; radioactive; materials; chemical; one-sided; exhaust; stream; interior; wall; configuration; concave-shape; horizontal; cross-section; facing; result; improved; airflow; reduced; washout; substantially; flat; parallel; air; curtains; reduce; ionizing; sprays; collect; particles; bound; static; forces; gas; jet; nozzles; dislodge; adhesion; screened; person; included; preconcentrator; detector; exhaust stream; trace amount; chemical material; /73/
Citation Formats
Linker, Kevin L, and Brusseau, Charles A. Target detection portal. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web.
Linker, Kevin L, & Brusseau, Charles A. Target detection portal. United States.
Linker, Kevin L, and Brusseau, Charles A. Tue .
"Target detection portal". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874191.
@article{osti_874191,
title = {Target detection portal},
author = {Linker, Kevin L and Brusseau, Charles A},
abstractNote = {A portal apparatus for screening persons or objects for the presence of trace amounts of target substances such as explosives, narcotics, radioactive materials, and certain chemical materials. The portal apparatus can have a one-sided exhaust for an exhaust stream, an interior wall configuration with a concave-shape across a horizontal cross-section for each of two facing sides to result in improved airflow and reduced washout relative to a configuration with substantially flat parallel sides; air curtains to reduce washout; ionizing sprays to collect particles bound by static forces, as well as gas jet nozzles to dislodge particles bound by adhesion to the screened person or object. The portal apparatus can be included in a detection system with a preconcentrator and a detector.},
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year = {2002},
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