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US 2024/0003784 A1Published application
Direct measurement of composition in chemical processing equipment to optimize process variables
AssigneeChemtech Services, Inc.
InventorJohn F. Hart
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Abstract
A method of extracting a vapor from chemical processing equipment which may be operated under pressure or vacuum conditions and adjusting the density, temperature, dilution, pressure and flow conditions for subsequently compositional analysis by chemical analysis equipment interfaced with computer controls which subsequently control the process variable related to operating chemical process equipment.
Claims20
A method of collecting chemical vapors from chemical processing equipment method comprising:
- providing at least one sampling apparatus in communication with the chemical processing equipment;
- and
- collecting vapors from an interior of the chemical processing equipment in the sampling apparatus, wherein the vapors include at least one chemical,
- wherein the sampling apparatus comprises:
- an outer containment tube;
- a sampling tube positioned within the outer containment tube, wherein the sampling tube is configured and arranged for collecting the vapors;
- a compression seal positioned within one end of the outer containment tube and that is configured and arranged for providing an air tight seal between the outer containment tube and the sampling tube and for precluding outside vapors from entering the outer containment tube;
- a heating element configured and arranged to provide heat to the vapors within the sampling tube to maintain molecules of the vapors in the sampling tube in a vapor state;
- and
- a temperature measuring device configured and arranged to measure an interior temperature of the outer containment tube and to transmit an electrical signal to an outside computer control system that is configured and arranged to adjust an operating temperature of the heating element.
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