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Title: Method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution

Abstract

The present invention is an improvement to the method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution. The apparatus is a chamber with sides and two ends, where the first end is closed. The chamber contains a solution volume of the aqueous solution and a gas that is trapped within the first end of the chamber above the solution volume. The gas defines a head space within the chamber above the solution volume. The chamber may also be a cup with the second end. open and facing down and submerged in the aqueous solution so that the gas defines the head space within the cup above the solution volume. The cup can also be entirely submerged in the aqueous solution. The second end of the. chamber may be closed such that the chamber can be used while resting on a flat surface such as a bench. The improvement is a sparger for mixing the gas with the solution volume. The sparger can be a rotating element such as a propeller on a shaft or a cavitating impeller. The sparger can also be a pump and nozzle where the pump is a liquid pump and the nozzle is amore » liquid spray nozzle open, to the head space for spraying the solution volume into the head space of gas. The pump could also be a gas pump and the nozzle a gas nozzle submerged in the solution volume for spraying the head space gas into the solution volume.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Pasco, WA
  2. West Richland, WA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
874585
Patent Number(s):
6420187
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; apparatus; measuring; volatile; compounds; aqueous; solution; improvement; chamber; closed; contains; volume; gas; trapped; defines; head; space; cup; facing; submerged; entirely; flat; surface; bench; sparger; mixing; rotating; element; propeller; shaft; cavitating; impeller; pump; nozzle; liquid; spray; spraying; aqueous solution; volatile compound; /436/73/96/422/

Citation Formats

Gilmore, Tyler J, and Cantrell, Kirk J. Method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Gilmore, Tyler J, & Cantrell, Kirk J. Method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution. United States.
Gilmore, Tyler J, and Cantrell, Kirk J. Tue . "Method and apparatus for measuring volatile compounds in an aqueous solution". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874585.
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