Probe assembly for sampling fluids from a pipe or conduit

Abstract

A probe assembly for providing a flow of a fluid from a pipeline into a sample transport line or slipstream, comprising: an outer tubular probe tip attached to a distal end of an outer tube mid-section; wherein the outer tubular probe tip has an outer opening; a connection head having an outer tube attached to a proximal end of an outer tube mid-section; wherein the outer tubular probe tip, the outer tube mid-section, and the outer tube are of a first inner diameter; wherein the outer opening of the outer tubular probe tip receives a flow of the fluid from within the pipeline that travels through the outer probe tip, the outer tube mid-section, the outer tube and connection head into the sample transport line or slipstream; a return tube, having an outer diameter smaller than the first inner diameter, disposed through the center of each of the outer tubular probe tip, the outer tube mid-section, the outer tube and the connection head; a first connection fitting for connecting return tubing to connection head; and a second connection fitting for connecting return tubing to the sample transport line or slipstream.

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