An exhaust gas system includes an exhaust gas pipe through which exhaust gas flows in a flow direction and which has a pipe wall. A flange is arranged in the pipe wall and has a passage opening provided with an internal thread. A gas sensor, in particular a particle sensor, is provided for sensing the concentration of soot particles contained in the exhaust gas and has a threaded housing portion that is provided with an external thread and is screwed into the passage opening. An annular gap is produced between a radial outer face of the threaded housing portion and a passage-opening inner circumferential portion which protrudes into the interior of the exhaust gas pipe. The flange has a flow guiding element which extends over a downstream part of the circumference of the threaded housing portion and which is provided for limiting or largely preventing a flow around the gas sensor in the annular gap.

In the specification and drawings a method for testing a proppant is described and shown that involves: obtaining a proppant sample; separating the proppant sample into a plurality of sub-samples according to grain size; subjecting each sub-sample to a pressure that is sufficient to crush at least a portion of the proppant within at least one of the plurality of sub-samples; and independently analyzing each sub-sample to determine at least one of: i) the amount of proppant that was crushed within each sub-sample; and ii) the amount of proppant that was not crushed within each sub-sample.

A high-efficiency particle analysis method includes the following steps: taking representative air-dried samples and measuring a moisture content; boiling, sieving, weighing and adding a dispersant; conducting a particle analysis test; reading four readings of 1.sup.st to 59.sup.th and 60.sup.th to 90.sup.th samples; and drawing a particle size distribution curve showing the relationship between the particle size and the percentage of below a certain diameter. According to the method, a time difference is used to change the measurement mode, and the four readings of the 59.sup.th and 90.sup.th samples are read in a cycling manner; and a novel test method is provided on the premise of ensuring quality, thus greatly improving the efficiency of a particle analysis test and meeting production requirements.

A particle sensing device, which senses a particulate matter by using a light beam from a light source, is provided. The particle sensing device includes a columnar array and a light-sensing element. The columnar array is disposed at a downstream side of a traveling path of the light beam. The columnar array has a plurality of columnar objects. A gap is existed between two adjacent columnar objects. The light-sensing element is disposed opposite to the columnar array and at a downstream side of a traveling path of the light beam. Wherein, the traveling path of the light beam is parallel with a length direction of each columnar object. And, the light beam passes through the gap for arriving at the light-sensing element. The particle sensing device can sense the particulate matter satisfactorily and can be simply integrated into various electronic apparatuses.

A system for characterizing at least one particle from a fluid sample is disclosed. The system includes a filter disposed upstream of an outlet, and a luminaire configured to illuminate the at least one particle at an oblique angle. An imaging device is configured to capture and process images of the illuminated at least one particle as it rests on the filter for characterizing the at least one particle. A system for characterizing at least one particle using bright field illumination is also disclosed. A method for characterizing particulates in a fluid sample using at least one of oblique angle and bright field illumination is also disclosed.

A cell capture system including an array, an inlet manifold, and an outlet manifold. The array includes a plurality of parallel pores, each pore including a chamber and a pore channel, an inlet channel fluidly connected to the chambers of the pores; an outlet channel fluidly connected to the pore channels of the pores. The inlet manifold is fluidly connected to the inlet channel, and the outlet channel is fluidly connected to the outlet channel. A cell removal tool is also disclosed, wherein the cell removal tool is configured to remove a captured cell from a pore chamber.

A device for extracting and concentrating a target analyte including a sample channel that receives the sample, a separation channel, a waste channel, a first junction between the sample channel and the separation channel, and, a second junction between the separation channel and the waste channel. The first junction selectively transports a first group of analytes, including target analytes, from the sample channel to the separation channel in accordance with a size of a first free transport region of the first junction. The second junction selectively transports a second group of analytes from the separation channel to the waste channel in accordance with a size of a second free transport region of the second junction, the second group being a subset of the first group, so as to concentrate a number of the target analytes in the separation channel.

A method for analyzing particles in an air stream includes concentrating the particles in an interior region of the air stream and deflecting the concentrated particles in the air stream with a generated thermal gradient. Smaller particles in the air stream may be selectively deflected away from the interior region and towards a periphery of the air stream at a different rate than larger particles in the air stream. The generated thermal gradient may be controlled to deflect particles in a selected particle size range onto a surface of a particle detector. An effective mass of the collected particles and an aerosol mass concentration estimate of the particles within the selected particle size range may be generated. Systems for analyzing particles are also disclosed.

A wearable particulate sensor device including multiple conductive gratings, each of the conductive gratings including a respective pore size of multiple different pore sizes, a control unit in electrical communication with the conductive gratings, and a housing aligning the conductive gratings with respect to an airflow path when the wearable particulate sensor device is affixed to a wearable device, and where a respective resistivity of one or more of the conductive gratings changes in response to a presence of a threshold concentration of a particulate in the airflow path.

A cell capture system including an array, an inlet manifold, and an outlet manifold. The array includes a plurality of parallel pores, each pore including a chamber and a pore channel, an inlet channel fluidly connected to the chambers of the pores; an outlet channel fluidly connected to the pore channels of the pores. The inlet manifold is fluidly connected to the inlet channel, and the outlet channel is fluidly connected to the outlet channel. A cell removal tool is also disclosed, wherein the cell removal tool is configured to remove a captured cell from a pore chamber.