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US 9,546,929 B1Granted
Wet natural gas sampling method and apparatus therefore
AssigneeA+ Manufacturing, LLC
InventorDonald P Mayeaux
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Abstract
A system for on-stream sampling of pressurized process gas such as natural gas or the like, said pressurized process gas having liquid entrained therein, or otherwise referenced as “wet”. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a system for obtaining an accurate sample of said wet process gas, as well as providing an apparatus for obtaining same.
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The method of sampling a gas stream having entrained liquid therein in a pipeline, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a housing having a length and a width, and an opening formed through the wall of said pipeline, so as to provide access to said gas stream having liquid entrained therein;
- b. extending from said housing first and second spaced plates into said gas stream from said housing, said first and second spaced plates oriented so as to allow said gas stream to pass therebetween in relatively unobstructed fashion to minimize flow disturbance, providing isokinetic flow therebetween;
- c. extending from said housing a container having an open bottom formed to envelope said first plate and engage said second plate, so as to contain a fluid sample of said gas stream between said first and second plates, providing a contained fluid sample;
- d. simultaneously retracting into said housing said container and said first and second plates enveloping said fluid sample into said housing, while maintaining said contained fluid sample therein.
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An apparatus for sampling a gas stream having entrained liquid therein in a pipeline, comprising:
- a housing having a length and a width, and an opening formed through the wall of said pipeline, so as to provide access to said gas stream having liquid entrained therein;
- first and second aligned plates forming a collection area therebetween, said first and second plates supported by a first vertical support, said first and second aligned plates formed to selectively fit within said housing;
- a container formed to slidingly envelope said first plate and engage said second plate so as to contain fluids situated between said first and second plates in said gas stream, so as to provide sample containment therebetween;
- whereby, said container and said first and second plates are formed to be simultaneously repositionable from said fluid stream to said housing, while maintaining sample containment therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.