Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for determining gas flux
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定气体通量的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12553954Application Date: 2009-09-03
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Publication No.: US07953558B2Publication Date: 2011-05-31
- Inventor: George Burba , Dayle McDermitt , Anatoly Komissarov , Tyler G. Anderson , Liukang Xu , Bradley A. Riensche
- Applicant: George Burba , Dayle McDermitt , Anatoly Komissarov , Tyler G. Anderson , Liukang Xu , Bradley A. Riensche
- Applicant Address: US NE Lincoln
- Assignee: Li-Cor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Li-Cor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NE Lincoln
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G01N31/00
- IPC: G01N31/00

Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects. In case when water factor in T-P effects is negligible, the fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (item iii in last paragraph) can be excluded.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110054803A1 Method and Apparatus for Determining Gas Flux Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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