US3651686A - Programable readout for delta t bar spectrometer - Google Patents
Programable readout for delta t bar spectrometer Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US3651686A US3651686A US23277A US3651686DA US3651686A US 3651686 A US3651686 A US 3651686A US 23277 A US23277 A US 23277A US 3651686D A US3651686D A US 3651686DA US 3651686 A US3651686 A US 3651686A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- bar
- temperature
- members
- along
- delta
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N25/00—Investigating or analyzing materials by the use of thermal means
- G01N25/14—Investigating or analyzing materials by the use of thermal means by using distillation, extraction, sublimation, condensation, freezing, or crystallisation
Definitions
- An effective delta T bar whether in the form of a solid bar or tubular structure, has a considerable thermal capacity and conductivity in order to establish and maintain a fixed temperature gradient between two fixed temperature points with sufficient control of the uniformity of gradient so that condensing gases contained in widely different relative amounts will be condensed out with little change in the resulting temperature at the points of deposition as heat is absorbed from the bar, corresponding to the heat of vaporization of the particular gas constituent being deposited. If the entire bar is warmed beginning at the low temperature end a considerable time is required to return the bar precisely to the initial thermal gradient condition needed for reliable deposition for the gases, particularly those present in minute quantity or those having closely similar condensation temperatures.
- a principal object of the invention is to provide a selective readout for a delta T bar spectrometer.
- This invention constitutes an improvement in readout by successive evaporation of the constituents condensed along the interior of a tubular delta T bar wherein the delta T bar temperature itself is not much changed during the stripping of the gas constituents therefrom.
- a hollow delta T bar adapted to receive a mixture therethrough from a warm toward a cold end is provided with relatively massive wall materials for maintaining the temperature gradient once it has been established between two fixed temperature points.
- a coating of thermally insulating material on the delta T bar is provided in a thickness, varied according to conductivity but sufficient to permit the heat of vaporization to be carried away without much change of temperature while permitting variation of the temperature of individual segments upon the addition of thermal energy.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus employing a delta T bar according to this invention
- FIG. 2 is a longitudinal section of a tubular delta T bar for use in the apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional drawing somewhat enlarged of a delta T bar according to FIG. 2 showing means for heating sections of the bar in succession and at particular gated times.
- a delta T bar as disclosed in the above referenced patent applications may be in the form of a thermally conducting tube having two fixed reference temperatures one usually corresponding to atmospheric temperature or higher and a second at a much lowered temperature, such as liquid nitrogen temperature when only gases of higher boiling point than nitrogen are to be investigated.
- the delta T bar may itself be a tube or solid copper or aluminum rod disposed within a region surrounded by the gases under test being enclosed axially in a tube which conveys the gases from the hot end to the cold end of the delta T bar.
- the present invention contemplates a collecting arrangement in which the mixture is passed along the delta T bar at a rate to provide thermal equilibrium between bar and gas temperature for successively depositing condensates between a first fixed temperature point and a second fixed temperature point which arrangement is not a part of this invention.
- Desorption of the condensed gases is usually either into a vacuum chamber as the deposits are evaporated in sequence beginning at the low temperature end, or by pumping out through the high temperature end to a detection area, for detection of the gases as they are desorbed by any well known technique of detecting the presence of an evolved gas in a carrier gas.
- the carrier gas may be a gas such as helium maintained in continuous flow while the desorbed gases are evaporated thereinto, generally passing from the cold end toward the warm end, at which point a detector responsive to changes in the conductivity or mass constants of the gas is employed for determining which gas is present and the quantity evolved.
- a detector responsive to changes in the conductivity or mass constants of the gas is employed for determining which gas is present and the quantity evolved.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a form of delta T bar which is particularly adapted to accomplish the objective of the present invention.
- a delta T bar in the form of a hollow tube having relatively massive walls 11 of copper, aluminum, etc. along which a temperature gradient is maintained by means not herein shown.
- an insulating barrier is applied along the wall 11 on the side which receives the gas mixture flowing therealong.
- a thin coating 12 which might be a painted coating of the order of one mil thickness when materials such as epoxy are used as the insulating material.
- bands 13 comprising heat conductive elements such as of copper, silver, or aluminum, having good thermal conductivity.
- a coating of insulating material 12 is selected for thermal conductivity which is very low with respect to the conductivity in walls 11 and bands 13 but is made thin enough so that each of the bands 13 tends to assume the same temperature as the wall 11 on which the gradient is maintained at each position therealong during the deposition phase.
- Coating 12 also has suitable electrical insulating properties to permit electrically energizing successive bands 13 without leakage ofcurrent to adjacent bands or to wall 11.
- Bands 13, as illustrated in FIG. 2, may be cemented in place before the coating 12 hardens being preferably painted on and partially hardened before bands 13 are applied thereto.
- One form of bands 13 is metal foil cut into strips cemented to wall 1 and separated a small distance from each other coating 12 arranged to have end terminals brought out along the length of tube for successively switching a source of electrical energy to heat the bands.
- Another form of bands suitable for the purpose is flattened round wire laid in close juxtaposition along the length of the tube, either as discrete circumferential bands or as a helix with separate zoned energizing connections to the energy source.
- a small diameter wire may be flattened to width dimensions such as 0.005 or 0.020 inch and separated from each other by 0.001 or 0.002 inch when the thickness of the coating is approximately 0.001 inch.
- FIG. 3 there is shown a cross-section of a tube such as that illustrated in FIG. 2, being a section taken along lines 2 2 of FIG. 3 so as to show terminations for the ends of bands 13 on the outside of walls 11.
- a longitudinal slot may be cut throughout the length of the tube 10 so that bands 13 are brought out apertures 14 while being separated from walls 11 by insulating material 12, the gas passage 15 being kept fluidtight as by an insulating plugging member 16.
- Apertures 14 maybe individual to the bands or may be continuous such that terminations 17 lie along one side ofthe aperture and terminations 18 lie along the opposite side thereof, preferably against the insulated tube wall 11 as a backing element. In order to secure electrical connection to each of the bands in succession.
- common lead 19 is provided for connection to each of terminations 17 along the length of the tube. Contact with the opposite end of the band is made at terminations 18 by a convenient movable contact. Rail 21 carrying a sliding collar 22 which in turn carries a brush 23 in contact with terminations 18 as collar 22 is moved along the length of the tube is a suitable contacting arrangement.
- bands 13 can be accomplished in any ordered succession over a limited length of tube such as 13 A 13", which may encompass the region of condensation for a particular constituent desired to be investigated separately. Otherwise a longer length oftube may be warmed in a succession of zones beginning, for example, at 13 and extending to 13". In other applications it may be desired to strip the entire tube of its condensed gases after a sample has been completely adsorbed In this case warming from the cold end continues throughout the length of the tube, each individual band 13 being warmed in succession through a small increment of temperature above that temperature existing by virtue of the temperature gradient along wall 11. Any suitable means may be employed for imparting the desired degree of heat energy to the bands in succession.
- the thermal energy supplied to the successive bands may be made approximately equal such as might be provided by discharging capacitors or energization for a period ofone second at a heat rate such as 1 watt to 100 watts, according to electrical conductivity. size and capacity ofbands 13.
- FIG. 3 One means of providing this fixed increment of heating at each position along the bar is illustrated in FIG. 3 wherein a variable series resistor 24 connects a power supply to collar 22 and thence to termination 18. Power is supplied through resistor 24 by way of a gating switch 25, of any conventional design, preferably controlled by a timer 26 which causes a pulse of energy to pass for a limited time through a band 13 when brush 23 is in contact therewith, the connection being completed from a power line 28 through a switch 27 and common lead 19.
- switch 27 will be closed to connect line 28 to terminal 19 and the gating switch is thereupon controlled by timing either in respect to the duration of the power pulse or in respect to the commencement ofthe power pulse, or both.
- power may be supplied between terminal 19 and brush 23, for whichever terminal 18 is immediately contacted, by the use of a stored energy device which has a particular form of gating switch 25.
- a series of capacitors may be connected for discharging through the respective bands in which each individual capacitor has energy sufficient to heat a particular band 13.
- Gating switch 25 thus connects an appropriate one of the capacitors to a particular band termination 18 contacted by brush 23.
- Timer 26 then serves to discharge individual capacitors through individual bands 13 in any programmed order of heating which may be desired.
- the ordered program will progress from a low temperature point on the bar 10 to an upper limit of movement for collar 22 along rail 21 according to the range of temperatures at which the desired constituents are to be removed during a particular aspect ofa gas mixture analysis.
- apparatus of FIGS. 2 and 3 may be supplied with a temperature monitoring device such as a lead from switch 27, which may be normally closed, shown at 29 and a corresponding lead 29 to collar 22, leads 29, 29 extending to a resistance thermometer of conventional design shown at 30.
- a temperature monitoring device such as a lead from switch 27, which may be normally closed, shown at 29 and a corresponding lead 29 to collar 22, leads 29, 29 extending to a resistance thermometer of conventional design shown at 30.
- Any well known type of resistance thermometer arrangement may be employed for this purpose so as to provide a continuous reading of temperatures at whatever position is contacted by brush 23.
- Switch 27 can of course be tiedin with timer 26 or otherwise operated successively to its two positions so that a temperature reading is obtained before or after each pulsing to evaporate the condensate on the particular band 13 connected in circuit.
- the invention has been described in connection with particular apparatus found to be effective for programmed readout of gas or vapor condensate on the interior of a delta T bar tube. It is to be understood that other forms of apparatus are mechanically equivalent to that herein shown and described as means for effecting incremental heating of portions of the tube interior according to a timed or otherwise programmed sequence of warming from the temperature gradient temperature at each position to a temperature suffcient to boil off any condensed constituent thereon.
- thermo insulation coating substantially covering the surface of said bar exposed to the passage ofsaid mixture
- said insulation coating comprising a cement for holding said rings to said bar having thermal and electrical insulation sufficient to permit momentary electrical heating of said rings without substantial change of temperature of the adjacent bar portions.
- said means energizing said rings in programmed succession comprising an electrical power source, contact means for engaging said rings according to a program and gated timing means in control ofthe time of energization of the rings according to the programmed succession.
- a delta T bar spectrometer including a thermally conductive walled tube subjected to a thermal gradient between fixed temperature points of heat supply and heat withdrawal wherein a gas sample is traversed along the gradient
- said cement being substantially uniform in thickness between the walls of the tube and the adjacent conductive members and being thicker between said members to provide insulation between members.
- each member being connected in common, and means electrically engaging other members in succession for application of thermal energy.
- said members having respective electrical terminations, and temperature measuring means for connection in succession to said terminations for determining their respective temperatures.
- said heating of segments comprising the passing of a heating current through a resistance band extending transversely across the gradient and there along a distance to comprehend the position of condensate for a constituent to be recovered.
Landscapes
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
- Biochemistry (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Immunology (AREA)
- Pathology (AREA)
- Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims (13)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US2327770A | 1970-03-27 | 1970-03-27 |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US3651686A true US3651686A (en) | 1972-03-28 |
Family
ID=21814138
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US23277A Expired - Lifetime US3651686A (en) | 1970-03-27 | 1970-03-27 | Programable readout for delta t bar spectrometer |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US3651686A (en) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3766971A (en) * | 1971-05-13 | 1973-10-23 | E Baum | Apparatus for removing pollutants from stack effluents |
US6529272B2 (en) * | 1997-10-10 | 2003-03-04 | California Institute Of Technology | Techniques for characterizing cloud condensation nuclel |
US20150063407A1 (en) * | 2011-11-18 | 2015-03-05 | Shell Oil Company | Method for determining the dew point of a vaporised hydrocarbon feedstock |
Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US2944878A (en) * | 1956-04-03 | 1960-07-12 | Pechiney Prod Chimiques Sa | Process for the separation of substances by vaporization |
US3043128A (en) * | 1958-09-17 | 1962-07-10 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Analyzer |
US3168823A (en) * | 1960-07-18 | 1965-02-09 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Thermochromatographic method and apparatus for separation and concentration |
US3429904A (en) * | 1966-11-04 | 1969-02-25 | Kent J Eisentraut | Separation of chelates of rare earth compounds and promethium by fractional sublimation |
US3589169A (en) * | 1968-05-22 | 1971-06-29 | Philips Corp | Method and device for the analysis of gas |
-
1970
- 1970-03-27 US US23277A patent/US3651686A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US2944878A (en) * | 1956-04-03 | 1960-07-12 | Pechiney Prod Chimiques Sa | Process for the separation of substances by vaporization |
US3043128A (en) * | 1958-09-17 | 1962-07-10 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Analyzer |
US3168823A (en) * | 1960-07-18 | 1965-02-09 | Phillips Petroleum Co | Thermochromatographic method and apparatus for separation and concentration |
US3429904A (en) * | 1966-11-04 | 1969-02-25 | Kent J Eisentraut | Separation of chelates of rare earth compounds and promethium by fractional sublimation |
US3589169A (en) * | 1968-05-22 | 1971-06-29 | Philips Corp | Method and device for the analysis of gas |
Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3766971A (en) * | 1971-05-13 | 1973-10-23 | E Baum | Apparatus for removing pollutants from stack effluents |
US6529272B2 (en) * | 1997-10-10 | 2003-03-04 | California Institute Of Technology | Techniques for characterizing cloud condensation nuclel |
US20150063407A1 (en) * | 2011-11-18 | 2015-03-05 | Shell Oil Company | Method for determining the dew point of a vaporised hydrocarbon feedstock |
US9488608B2 (en) * | 2011-11-18 | 2016-11-08 | Shell Oil Company | Method for determining the dew point of a vaporised hydrocarbon feedstock |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US5135549A (en) | Chromatographic technique and apparatus | |
Nagasaka et al. | Absolute measurement of the thermal conductivity of electrically conducting liquids by the transient hot-wire method | |
Hong et al. | Thermally stimulated polarization and depolarization current (TSPC/TSDC) techniques for studying ion motion in glass | |
US3651686A (en) | Programable readout for delta t bar spectrometer | |
US4111553A (en) | Multi-sample transporting and heating apparatus for use in atomic absorption spectrometry | |
Barber | Platinum resistance thermometers of small dimensions | |
US3592044A (en) | Sample handling means for use in gas analysis apparatus | |
US3684454A (en) | Solids pyrolyzer | |
US3724169A (en) | Delta t bar spectrometer | |
Palmer et al. | UHV sample mount for the temperature range 10–1300 K | |
US3486037A (en) | Device for sensing the presence of a liquid or vapor in the atmosphere | |
De Nobel | Heat conductivity of steels and a few other metals at low temperatures | |
JPH0259427B2 (en) | ||
Groszek | A calorimeter for determination of heats of wetting | |
JP2574802B2 (en) | Specific heat measurement device | |
Bloem | A cryogenic fast response thermometer | |
Ronarc'h et al. | A simple apparatus to measure thermally stimulated depolarisation currents above 5K | |
US2876175A (en) | Fractional distillation apparatus | |
US3992174A (en) | Specimen capsule and process for gas chromatography | |
De Jager et al. | Thermal conductivity probe for soil-moisture determinations | |
Djurek et al. | Thermal conductivity of NbSe3 | |
Beroza et al. | Device and procedure for concentrating solutions to a small volume with minimum attention | |
SU972256A1 (en) | Method of attaching thermocouple to pipe inner surface | |
JP3260478B2 (en) | Moisture detector of snowfall detector | |
Soulen et al. | The equivalence of the superconducting transition temperature of pure indium as determined by electrical resistance, magnetic susceptibility, and heat-capacity measurements |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: MARINE MIDLAND BANK, N.A. Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005009/0952 Effective date: 19880801 |
|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:COMFAB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005258/0013;SIGNING DATES FROM |
|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: FLEET NATIONAL BANK Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, A MA CORPORATION;REEL/FRAME:005748/0283 Effective date: 19910607 |
|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: SANWA BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION AS COLLATERAL AG Free format text: COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND LICENSES;ASSIGNORS:HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING CORPORATION;DATCON INSTRUMENT COMPANY;HALMAR ROBICON GROUP, INC.;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:008013/0660 Effective date: 19960509 |