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US 11,931,763 B2Granted
Identifying and quantifying components in a high-melting-point liquid
AssigneeAbilene Christian University
InventorsKim Pamplin, Tyler Cepica
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods for identifying and quantifying chemical components in a high-melting-point liquid. One such method includes: receiving, into a nebulizer assembly, a high-melting-point liquid from a molten liquid conduit; aerosolizing, using the nebulizer assembly, at least a portion of the received high-melting-point liquid; delivering, into one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid from the nebulizer; and chemically analyzing, using the one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid.
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A system, comprising:
- a molten liquid conduit;
- a nebulizer assembly operably coupled to the molten liquid conduit and adapted to receive, from the molten liquid conduit, a high-melting-point liquid;
- wherein the nebulizer assembly is further adapted to aerosolize at least a portion of the high-melting-point liquid received from the molten liquid conduit, and wherein the nebulizer assembly further comprises
- a heater,
- a nebulizer, contained within the heater, and including a first fluid vessel in which the nebulizer is adapted to aerosolize the at least a portion of the high-melting-point liquid received from the molten liquid conduit, and
- an evacuator, contained within the heater, and including a second fluid vessel adapted to receive, from the molten liquid conduit, the high-melting-point liquid, the second fluid vessel being operably coupled to the first fluid vessel of the nebulizer;
- and
- one or more instruments operably coupled to the nebulizer assembly and adapted to receive the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid from the nebulizer,
- wherein the one or more instruments are further adapted to chemically analyze the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, into a nebulizer assembly, a high-melting-point liquid from a molten liquid conduit, the nebulizer assembly comprising
- a heater,
- a nebulizer, contained within the heater, and including a first fluid vessel in which the nebulizer is adapted to aerosolize the at least a portion of the high-melting-point liquid received from the molten liquid conduit, and
- an evacuator, contained within the heater, and including a second fluid vessel adapted to receive, from the molten liquid conduit, the high-melting-point liquid, the second fluid vessel being operably coupled to the first fluid vessel of the nebulizer;
- aerosolizing, using the nebulizer assembly, at least a portion of the received high-melting-point liquid;
- delivering, into one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid from the nebulizer;
- and
- chemically analyzing, using the one or more instruments, the aerosolized high-melting-point liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.