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US 2019/0170710 A1Published application
Flame ionization detection burner assemblies for use in compressible fluid-based chromatography systems
AssigneeWaters Technologies Corporation
InventorsMichael O. Fogwill, Joseph D. Michienzi, James P. Murphy
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to burner assemblies of flame-based detectors. These burner assemblies are configured to deliver decompressed mobile phase of supercritical fluid chromatography systems to the flame of a flame-based detector while providing for improved optimization of analyte response as well as enhanced flame stability during operation.
Claims12
A burner assembly of a flame-based detector comprising:
- (1) a burner comprising a burner body having a fluid inlet for receiving combustion gases and a fluid outlet for delivering combustion gases to a flame position, the burner body defining a flow path extending from the fluid inlet to the flame position and having a longitudinal axis;
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- (2) a restrictor comprising a hollow body comprising a first end for receiving at least a portion of a mobile phase flow stream from a chromatography system and a second end for delivering the at least a portion of the mobile phase flow stream after pressure reduction to the burner;
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- wherein during flame-based detection of one or more constituents of the at least a portion of the mobile phase flow stream:
- at least the second end of the restrictor is inserted into the burner;
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- the second end of the restrictor that is angled to deliver the mobile phase flow stream to the burner body flow path at an angle substantially non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the burner.
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A burner assembly of a flame-based detector comprising:
- (1) a burner comprising a burner body having a fluid inlet for receiving combustion gases and a fluid outlet for delivering combustion gases to a flame position, the burner body having a longitudinal axis and further comprising an interior wall surface defining an inner perimeter of the burner body and one or more members extending from the interior wall surface at an angle substantially non-parallel to the longitudinal axis;
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- (2) a restrictor comprising a hollow body comprising a first end for receiving at least a portion of a mobile phase flow stream from a chromatography system and a second end for delivering the at least a portion of the mobile phase flow stream after pressure reduction to the burner;
- wherein during flame-based detection of one or more constituents of the at least portion of the mobile phase flow stream:
- at least the second end of the restrictor is contained within the burner;
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- the one or more members extending from the interior wall are dimensioned and configured to deflect the mobile phase flow stream in a direction substantially non-parallel to the longitudinal axis.
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A method of maintaining a flame in a burner assembly of a flame-based detector comprising
- (1) providing the burner assembly comprising:
- (a) a burner comprising a burner body having a fluid inlet for receiving combustion gases and a fluid outlet for delivering combustion gases to a flame position having a flame, the burner body having a longitudinal axis and further comprising an interior wall surface defining an inner perimeter of the burner body a and one or more member extending from the interior wall surface at an angle substantially non-parallel to the longitudinal axis, and
- (b) a restrictor comprising a hollow body comprising a first end for receiving at least a portion of a mobile phase flow stream from a chromatography system and a second end for delivering the at least a portion of the mobile phase flow stream after pressure reduction to the burner, the second end of the restrictor sized and inserted into the inner burner;
- (2) passing at least a portion of the mobile phase flow stream through the restrictor;
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- (3) delivering at least the portion of the mobile phase flow stream into the burner and to the flame position such that the mobile phase flow stream flows to the flame along one or more fluid paths non-parallel to the longitudinal axis.
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