The rights and interests of the application based on following patented claim and the following patented claim of requirement: the U.S. non-provisional application sequence No.14/031 that on September 19th, 2013 submits to, the U.S. Provisional Application sequence No.61/704 that on September 21st, 661 and 2012 submits to, 148, the full content of above patented claim is incorporated to herein by reference.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 shows according to of the present invention for sampling and measuring the system of the particle of atmosphere.In the system shown in 100 places, there is the sampling entrance 110 entering for carrying the surrounding air of suspended particle generally.Entrance 110 is provided with particle separator, and particle separator, for removing the coarse particle that is greater than about 10 μ m, only allows flow through and arrive the components downstream for sample collection and analysis compared with granule (being less than the particle of about 10 μ m) thus.
Along path, a part for 120 mobile air enters sampling chamber 130, and sampling chamber 130 comprises filtrator 134, for the particle that gathers atmosphere on filtrator, for analyzing, along the speed of the air stream in this path, by little electric pump 140, keeps.The flow velocity of air is measured by flow sensor and electronic controller 150.At electronic controller 150(, it has FEEDBACK CONTROL) help under, flow velocity can be maintained at specific setting value.Typically, flow velocity is less than approximately 30 liters/min.Can use higher flow velocity.Yet, in a small amount material can use equipment described herein and method by Accurate Analysis for quality and/or chemical composition analysis.Using high sampling flow velocity to gather lot of materials is unnecessary for analyzing.Small-sized and compact instrument described herein is easy to assembling and uses in laboratory or wilderness, provides simultaneously and measures needed degree of accuracy.By contrast, the operated in flow rate with about 40 cubic feet/min (1120 liters/min) for the conventional air sampling thief of environmental monitoring.The flow velocity of 30 liters/min described herein is only for about 2.5% of traditional flow velocity of this object.
Along path, another part of 160 mobile air-flows enters chamber 170, and chamber 170 comprises granular mass detecting sensor 174, to monitor the quality of the lip-deep particle of detection that is deposited on sensor 174.Air-flow along this path also keeps by little pump 180, and flow velocity is measured by flow sensor and controller 190, air velocity is remained on to specific setting value.
The third part of air 200 flows and enters another coarse separator 210 along path, to remove the coarse particle that is greater than about 2.5 μ m or about 1.0 μ m.After coarse separator, air is divided into two path downstreams 220 and 230.Air path 220 is led to chamber 240, and chamber 240 comprises filtrator sampling thief, and the particulate samples that filtrator sampling thief gathers in atmosphere is used for analyzing.Another air path 230 is led to chamber 250, chamber 250 comprises sensor 254, sensor 254 is for monitoring the quality of the lip-deep particle of detection that is deposited on sensor, is less than the mass concentration of particle of the atmosphere of about 2.5 μ m or about 1.0 μ m for monitoring diameter.
The downstream of each in chamber 240 and 250 is little electric pump 260 and 270 and flow sensor and controller 280 and 290, for the speed of the air stream through chamber 240 and 250 is controlled as their setting values separately.Therefore, the schematic diagram that is arranged in generally the system at 100 places can be collected the particulate samples of atmosphere of PM10 and PM2.5 or PM1.0 range of size for quality and/or chemical analysis, and is provided for the mass concentration value in atmosphere that PM10 and PM2.5 or PM10 and PM1.0 measure.Term PM 10, PM2.5 and PM1.0 particle are defined as equivalent aerodynamic diameter and are greater than the Atmospheric particulates that the particle of 10 μ m, 2.5 μ m or 1.0 μ m has been removed.About for sampling and measuring in the situation of the present invention of method and apparatus of Atmospheric particulates, this term refers to that equivalent aerodynamic diameter is greater than the sample stream that the particle of 10 μ m, 2.5 μ m or 1.0 μ m has been removed.
Fig. 2 be sampling entrance 110 in Fig. 1 in Fig. 2 generally with the schematic diagram of 300 expressions, for sampling from the air of ambient atmosphere.The air being represented by arrow 312 is sampled the entrance covering under 310.What be positioned at this sampling entrance downstream is generally with the inertial impaction device (particle separator) shown in 320.Ram is provided with inlet nozzle 330, with the air stream that arrow 332 is represented, accelerates at a high speed.Bulky grain, due to its large scale and momentum, is knocked on impact surface 340 and from mobile air stream 332 and removes.Ram is designed to remove the particle that equivalent aerodynamic diameter is greater than about 10 μ m.The particle that equivalence aerodynamic diameter is less than about 10 μ m is carried through flowtube 350 and 360 and enters the downstream flow passage 370 that arrow 372 represents by air stream, then through outlet 380, leaves ram.
The equivalent aerodynamic diameter of particle is the diameter with the unit intensity ball of the settling velocity same with the Particle Phase of paying close attention to.When Inertia of design particle sorting apparatus, the concept of equivalent aerodynamic diameter is separated with the size of inertial impaction is known for a person skilled in the art, therefore will further not discuss.
Fig. 3 is for for collecting the schematic diagram for the filtrator sampling thief of the particle of gravimetric analysis and/or chemico-analytic atmosphere.Filter plant illustrates with 400 generally.Filtrator sampling thief 400 is positioned at chamber 130 and 240 and shown in Figure 1.The air that arrow 405 represents is sampled through the entrance 410 of housing 420.Carrying the air that diameter is less than the suspended particle of 10 μ m then flows through being positioned at inner filtrator 430.Filtrator 430 is clamped between two sheet metals 440 and 450 tightly, with prevent edge around flow dew.Filtrator is supported on downstream by the porous metals support member 460 of rigidity.Alternatively, the expanded metal of rigidity can be used as filter support use.Filtrator is as general as circular, has circular shape, but also can use other filter shape, for example rectangle or square.
Filtrator sample devices in Fig. 3 is maintained at the temperature that approaches ambient air temperature generally, to guarantee that the size of the particle (it may contain a certain amount of water) in atmosphere is not subject to very large impact.Sometimes, sampling thief can operate at than the temperature of high several degrees Celsius of ambient air temperature, to prevent that a large amount of water is present in the particle being gathered.
Fig. 4 show for make the particle of atmosphere charged and by this particle deposition on quartz crystal microbalance for detection of the particle of deposition.In outfit of equipment, at 500 places, illustrate, and equipment 500 is arranged in chamber 170 and 250 and be provided with two chambers.Upper chamber 510 is for making particle charged, and lower chambers 520 sends sensor as solids precipitation device charged particle deposition is arrived to quality, for granular mass concentration determination.
Upper chamber 510 for example, consists of conductive material (stainless steel).Carry the air that diameter is less than the particle of approximately 10 μ m and enter chamber by entrance 530.In chamber, there is the pin 545 with apicule end 555.Pin is embedded in insulator 540 and connects paramount DC voltage source 550 with the interior generation corona discharge of the inner conical surface 560 from needle tip 555 to chamber.Collected on the conical surface 560 of most of corona current in chamber.Distant surface, for example 575 and 570, there is considerably less collected electric current, because a lot of a little less than the electric field of distant surface.High voltage source 550 is provided with electronic control circuit to provide burning voltage and/or electric current to export to guarantee high recharge efficiency and repeatable energy feature.
The wall 610 of lower chambers 520 for example, consists of insulating material (plastics or pottery).Metal electrode 590 is positioned on quartz crystal quality detection sensor 600.High voltage source 550 is connected to electrode 590, and quartz crystal sensor 600 ground connection.Thereby high voltage source 550 is also provided with control circuit (not shown) and obtains optimal performance to change voltage, provides simultaneously and can repeat Voltage-output to guarantee the stable operation of settling vessel.
In order to prevent the condensation on sensor 600 of airborne water vapor, the upper chamber in Fig. 4 and lower chambers are maintained at suitable high temperature to prevent the water vapor condensation in chamber.Typical temperature is 40 ℃.According to the application-specific of environmental baseline and equipment, can use higher or lower temperature.
Fig. 5 a and 5b are the schematic diagram for detection of the quartz crystal microbalance of the particle depositing on quartz crystal.Fig. 5 a illustrates the front side of sensor and Fig. 5 b illustrates the rear side of sensor.
Quality testing region 610 is on the front side of sensor.Particle that will be detected is at this area deposition.For the middle section of quality testing by ring electrode region 620 around, ring electrode region 620 is coated with au film coating conventionally.Also have edge exclusive district 630, on edge exclusive district 630, have uncoated quartz.A suitable quartz is AT-cut crystal.
On the rear side of quartz crystal sensor, also there is the electrode 640 of coated with gold, the diameter of electrode 640 is approximate identical with the diameter of surveyed area on front side.Uncoated quartz areas illustrates at 650 places.Sensor is set to by applying driving voltage to electrode at its resonant frequency vibration.For the traditional AT cutting quartz crystal sending for quality, vibration is at transverse mode, in the parallel direction in the surface with having deposited particle.With when crystal, be that clean resonant frequency is compared, the resonant frequency with the crystal of the particle depositing on plane of crystal can become less.This variation of frequency thereby becomes than direct ratio with the granular mass of deposition, this can be definite for granular mass.
The foregoing description of instrument is described about the particle sizing for atmosphere.The particle that identical equipment can also suspend for the gas medium of measuring outside deacration.The particle suspending in nitrogen, argon gas and other inert gas also can comprise the measured suspended particle of needs.Method and apparatus described herein is also applicable to such application.
Although invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art should recognize under prerequisite without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention can carry out the modification of form and details.