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US 12,214,390 B2Granted
Portable gas monitor
AssigneeElkins Earthworks, LLC
InventorCharles Elkins
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Abstract
A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communicate wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can include a heating arrangement to increase the temperature of one or more components in the control unit and/or measuring unit in cold environments.
Claims24
A handheld portable monitor that is configured to obtain and/or measure one or more properties of a test site and/or fluid at the test site;
- said handheld portable monitor i) configured to enable a user to carry said handheld portable monitor to the test site to be tested, ii) configured to enable the user to analyze the fluid at the test site, and iii) thereafter configured to enable the user to remove said handheld portable monitor from the test site;
- said handheld portable unit includes separate handheld portable control unit and a separate portable measuring unit;
- said handheld portable control unit and said portable measuring unit configured to communicate with one another;
- said portable measuring unit includes one or more fluid connectors configured to removably connect said portable measuring unit to the test site and to enable said measuring unit to fluidly connect to the test site;
- said portable measuring unit includes a sensor arrangement to at least partially obtain and/or to at least partially measure properties of the test site and/or the fluid obtained from the test site;
- said sensor arrangement includes at least one pressure sensor and at least one chemical analyzer;
- said one or more properties of the test site and/or fluid from the test site include a) test site pressure, b) test site temperature, and c) partial or full composition of the fluid.
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A method for obtaining one or more properties of a test site and/or fluid at the test site, said method comprising:
- providing a handheld portable monitor;
- said handheld portable monitor i) configured to enable a user to carry said handheld portable monitor to the test site to be tested, ii) configured to enable the user to analyze the fluid at the test site, and iii) thereafter configured to enable the user to remove said handheld portable monitor from the test site;
- said handheld portable unit includes separate handheld portable control unit and a separate portable measuring unit;
- said handheld portable control unit and said portable measuring unit configured to communicate with one another;
- said portable measuring unit includes one or more fluid connectors configured to removably connect said portable measuring unit to the test site and to enable said measuring unit to fluidly connect to the test site;
- said portable measuring unit includes a sensor arrangement to at least partially obtain and/or to at least partially measure properties of the test site and/or the fluid obtained from the test site;
- said sensor arrangement includes at least one pressure sensor and at least one chemical analyzer;
- said one or more properties of the test site and/or fluid from the test site include a) test site pressure, b) test site temperature, and c) partial or full composition of the fluid;
- positioning said portable measuring unit at said test site;
- using said portable measuring unit to obtain information and/or fluid from said test site;
- transmitting information about said test site and/or fluid from said test site from said portable measuring unit to said handheld portable control unit;
- and
- removing said portable measuring unit from said test site after testing of said test site is completed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.