Measuring and testing – Gas analysis – Gas chromatography
Patent
1999-04-29
2000-10-24
Williams, Hezron
Measuring and testing
Gas analysis
Gas chromatography
73 2342, 73 2401, 73 2406, 73580, G01N 2902, G01N 3106, G01N 2918
Patent
active
061349445
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for preconcentrating, identifying, and quantifying chemical and biological substances is disclosed. An input valve directs a first volume of a sample gas to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. The SAW device preconcentrates and detects a mass of a substance within the sample gas. An output valve receives a second volume of the sample gas containing the preconcentrated substance from the SAW device and directs the second volume to a gas chromatograph (GC). The GC identifies the preconcentrated substance within the sample gas. A shunt valve exhausts a volume of the sample gas equal to the first volume minus the second volume away from the SAW device and the GC. The method of the present invention includes the steps of opening an input valve for passing a first volume of a sample gas to a SAW device; preconcentrating and detecting a mass of a substance within the sample gas using the SAW device; opening an output valve for passing a second volume of the sample gas containing the preconcentrated substance to a gas chromatograph (GC); and then identifying the preconcentrated substance within the sample gas using the GC.
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Koo Jackson C.
Yu Conrad M.
Dakin Lloyd E.
Horgan Christopher J.
The Regents of the University of California
Thompson Alan H.
Wiggins J. David
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