- Patent Title: Long-exposure, time-integrated sampler for groundwater or the like
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Application No.: US15157013Application Date: 2016-05-17
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Publication No.: US09938682B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Thomas E. McHugh , Lisa J. Molofsky , David T. Adamson , Charles J. Newell
- Applicant: GSI ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: GSI Environmental, Inc.
- Current Assignee: GSI Environmental, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: E02D1/06
- IPC: E02D1/06 ; G01N1/10 ; G01N1/12 ; G01N1/22 ; G01N30/00

Abstract:
A system, device, and method quantitatively measure average concentrations of target constituents (e.g., volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) in an ambient fluid (e.g., groundwater, surface water, air, etc.) over an extended period of time. The system uses a passive device having an outer equilibration chamber and an inner kinetic sampler. The device is placed in an ambient fluid for a specified period of time, wherein the target constituent(s) rapidly diffuse through a high-permeability membrane into the fluid-filled equilibration chamber. From there, the target constituents are taken up by an uptake rate the kinetic sampler that is configured to be less than an equilibration rate of the equilibration chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160341705A1 Long-Exposure, Time-Integrated Sampler for Groundwater or the Like Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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