Method and apparatus for incorporating electrostatic concentrators and/or ion mobility separators with Raman, IR, UV, XRF, LIF and LIBS spectroscopy and /or other spectroscopic techniques
AssigneeAhura Scientific Inc.
InventorsDaryoosh Vakhshoori, Peili Chen
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Abstract
The present invention provides a novel approach for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles. This is done by providing a novel system which incorporates electrostatic concentrators and/or ion mobility separators with Raman, IR, UV, XRF, LIF and LIBS spectroscopy and/or other spectroscopic techniques.
Claims35
Apparatus for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles, comprising:
- an electrostatic concentrator for concentrating airborne particles about a site;
- and
- a spectrometer for identifying the airborne particles concentrated about the site.
Apparatus for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles, comprising:
- an ion mobility separator for separating different species of airborne particles from one another;
- at least one electrostatic concentrator for concentrating the separated different species of airborne particles about at least one site;
- and
- at least one spectrometer for identifying the airborne particles concentrated about the at least one site.
A method for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles, comprising:
- providing apparatus comprising:
- an electrostatic concentrator for concentrating airborne particles about a site;
- and
- a spectrometer for identifying the airborne particles concentrated about the site;
- passing the airborne particles across the electrostatic concentrator while operating the electrostatic concentrator so as to concentrate the airborne particles about the site;
- and
- operating the spectrometer so as to identify the airborne particles concentrated about the site.
A method for reliably and accurately detecting and identifying airborne particles, comprising:
- providing apparatus comprising:
- an ion mobility separator for separating different species of airborne particles from one another;
- at least one electrostatic concentrator for concentrating the separated different species of airborne particles about the at least one site;
- and
- at least one spectrometer for identifying the airborne particles concentrated about the at least one site;
- passing the airborne particles across the ion mobility separator while operating the ion mobility separator so as to separate different species of airborne particles from one another;
- passing the airborne particles across the at least one electrostatic concentrator while operating the electrostatic concentrator so as to concentrate the separated different species of airborne particles about the at least one site;
- and
- operating the at least one spectrometer so as to identify the airborne particles concentrated about the at least one site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.