Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable detection apparatus and method
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Application No.: US16041997Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US10585197B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Neil Anthony Briden , Adrienne Lynn McKay Ethier , Paul Kenyon Leeson , Joel Vandal
- Applicant: Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Chalk River, Ontario
- Assignee: Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited
- Current Assignee: Atomic Energy Of Canada Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Chalk River, Ontario
- Agency: Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
- Agent Kevin Shipley
- Main IPC: G01T1/36
- IPC: G01T1/36 ; G01T3/00 ; B01D29/00 ; G01N23/207

Abstract:
A portable detection apparatus includes a fluid inlet to acquire a stream of fluid, a fluid outlet and a fluid flowpath therebetween. A pump circulates the fluid through the fluid flowpath. A gamma spectrometer and a mercury analyzer engage the fluid flowpath to analyze and detect radiation emitted by the fluid. A filter trap is in the fluid flowpath downstream from the gamma spectrometer and the mercury analyzer. The filter trap includes a valve assembly and at least a first and second filter for collecting gaseous constituents from the fluid. Each filter is removably connected to the first valve assembly. The valve assembly has a first configuration, in which the first filter is fluidly connected to the fluid flowpath and the second filter is fluidly isolated from the fluid flowpath, and a second configuration, in which the second filter is fluidly connected to the fluid flowpath and the first filter is fluidly isolated from the fluid flowpath.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180340896A1 PORTABLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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