Abstract:
An ion detection device has a strip of carbon-based nanomaterial (CNM) film and a chamber enclosing the CNM film. A low bias voltage is applied at the ends of the CNM film strip, and ions present in the chamber are detected by a change in the magnitude of current flowing through the CNM film under the bias. Also provided are methods for fabricating the device, methods for measuring pressure of a gas, and methods for monitoring or quantifying an ionizing radiation using the device.
Abstract:
An ionization gauge that measures pressure has an electron source that emits electrons, and an anode that defines an ionization space. The gauge also includes a collector electrode to collect ions formed by an impact between the electrons and a gas and to measure pressure based on the collected ions. The electron source is dynamically varied in emission current between a plurality of emission levels dependent on pressure and a second parameter other than pressure. The ionization gauge may also vary various operating parameters of the gauge components according to parameters stored in a non-volatile memory and selected by a user.
Abstract:
A photo-ionization detector (PID) includes a microprocessor, a first gas detection unit, and a second gas detection unit. The microprocessor controls the first and second gas detection units such that ambient gas always flows through the ionization chamber of one of the gas detection units while the flow of the ambient gas is closed in the ionization chamber of the other one of the gas detection units. The UV lamp converts oxygen in the closed ambient gas to ozone, which removes contamination in the ionization chamber with the closed ambient gas. When the PID includes only one gas detection unit, the microprocessor controls the gas detection unit such that the flow of the ambient gas in the ionization chamber is intermittently interrupted. A method of real-time self-cleaning and measuring of a volatile gas concentration with the PID includes flowing the ambient gas through the ionization chamber of the first gas detection unit, so that the PID measures the volatile gas concentration, and stopping the ambient gas through the ionization chamber of the second gas detection unit so that the ambient gas is closed in the ionization chamber of the second gas detection unit while the ambient gas flows through the ionization chamber of the first gas detection unit. The UV lamp converts oxygen contained in the ambient gas in the ionization chamber of the second gas detection unit to ozone, which removes contamination in the ionization chamber of the second gas detection unit.
Abstract:
The PID includes an ultraviolet (UV) lamp for transmitting a UV light through an optical window into an ionization chamber to ionize volatile gases. An ion detector is disposed in the ionization chamber to detect the produced ions. The ion detector comprises a pair of interdigital electrodes which produce an electrical field that is perpendicular in direction to that of the UV light propagation. A pump is also incorporated into the PID to circulate gases into and out of the ionization chamber. The direction of the circulation is perpendicular to the direction of the electrical field as well as the direction of the UV light propagation. Because the aforementioned directions are perpendicular to each other in three dimensional space, the ion detector of the present invention may be sensitive to concentration ranges up to about 10,000 ppm of ionizable gases.
Abstract:
Procédé et dispositif améliorés de détection de vapeur ou de gaz ionisable qui peuvent dans des formes d'exécution préférées échantillonner au moins 4 x 10-3 mètres cubes d'air par sec-1 et qui réagissent aux fluctuations du gaz ionisable à une vitesse inférieure ou égale à 100 Hz. On a découvert que l'utilisation du dispositif de cette invention conférait une sensibilité à la vapeur ou au gaz ionisable par les ultra-violets dépassant 500 fois celle des dispositifs de l'état antérieur de la technique et permettait de détecter un gaz traceur de propylène à des concentrations de 2 parties pour 1.000.000.000 augmentant par conséquent l'éloignement de la source de gaz avec lequel on peut utiliser le dispositif de manière fiable. Cette invention concerne également l'utilisation de ce dispositif pour détecter des fuites de composés volatiles pouvant être ionisés par les UV et pour surveiller des processus dans lesquels des vapeurs sont émises.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoionization detector (PID) capable of simultaneously carrying out measurement and self-cleaning. SOLUTION: This photoionization detector PID has a microprocessor (MP), a first gas detecting unit (DUI), and a second gas detecting unit (DU2). The MP controls the DU1 and the DU2, and it always streams environmental gas (EG) through one ionization chamber (ICh) and detains the EG in the ICh of the other DU. A UV lamp (UV) converts oxygen in the EG to ozone, and it removes contaminated substances in the ICh. When the PID has only one DU, the MP controls the DU, and intermittently interrupts the flow of the EG of the ICh. As for measurement of real time self-cleaning and concentration of volatile gas (VG) by the PID, the PID measures the concentration of the VG by streaming the EG through the ICh of the DU1, and the EG passing through the ICh of the DU2 is hermetically sealed in the inside to be used for self- cleaning. The UV converts oxygen contained in the EG in the ICh of the DU2 to ozone, and removes contaminated substances in the ICh of the DU2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
An ionization gauge to measure pressure, while controlling the location of deposits resulting from sputtering when operating at high pressure, includes at least one electron source that emits electrons, and an anode that defines an ionization volume. The ionization gauge also includes a collector electrode that collects ions formed by collisions between the electrons and gas molecules and atoms in the ionization volume, to provide a gas pressure output. The electron source can be positioned at an end of the ionization volume, such that the exposure of the electron source to atom flux sputtered off the collector electrode and envelope surface is minimized. Alternatively, the ionization gauge can include a first shade outside of the ionization volume, the first shade being located between the electron source and the collector electrode, and, optionally, a second shade between the envelope and the electron source, such that atoms sputtered off the envelope are inhibited from depositing on the electron source.