Patent classifications
G01N21/766
SWITCHGEAR CABINET FOR EXHAUST GAS MEASURING FACILITIES
A control cabinet for exhaust gas measuring facilities. The control cabinet includes a first cabinet body with first measuring appliances arranged therein for analyzing at least one sample gas, a door which opens and closes an open front side of the first cabinet body, the door being rotatably attached to the first cabinet body, an operating unit arranged on the door, and a second cabinet body with second measuring appliances arranged therein. The second cabinet body includes a second front side that can be closed and opened via a guided relative movement of the first cabinet body in relation to the second cabinet body. The first cabinet body is movable in a guided manner relative to the second cabinet body.
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING NITRIC OXIDE
The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for measuring nitric oxide released from a material. For example, a method of measuring nitric oxide release from a material can include introducing a continuous flow of a carrier gas into a sample holding chamber via a carrier gas inlet at an effective flow rate, introducing an amount of the nitric oxide releasing material into the sample holding chamber via a separate sample inlet to contact the continuous flow of the carrier gas, directing the carrier gas and released nitric oxide out of the sample holding chamber via a nitric oxide outlet toward a nitric oxide detector, and quantifying an amount of released nitric oxide using the nitric oxide detector.
LONG WAVELENGTH EMITTING CHEMILUMINESCENT PROBES
Improved long wavelength-emitting chemiluminescent probes are easy to synthesize and are well-suited for both in vitro and in vivo applications, but are particularly well-suited for in vivo applications. The wavelengths of the emissions of the probes include those in the orange, red or NIR range. Dioxetane compounds and phenolic ester compounds are included.
Metalloprotein compositions
The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide, wherein at least a portion of the polypeptide has a coiled coil structure; and a chelate comprising a chelating agent and a metal ion; and wherein the chelate is bound to at least one amino acid of the polypeptide. In a preferred embodiment the polypeptide is a silk fibroin, wherein at least a portion of the silk fibroin has a coiled coil structure.
Detection of Nitrogen Containing and Nitrogen Free Explosives
A compact explosive detecting system collects explosive residues in the form of vapor powder. The residues are accumulated on a desorber which is subjected to pyrolysis to release a gaseous sample. The sample is pumped to a detecting system through a metering valve. A luminol cell reacts with the gaseous sample to create chemiluminescence, the light output of which is measured by a photo multiplier tube. The light intensity is indicative of the amount of explosive present. Based on the amount of explosive present, a metering valve is adjusted to pass the gaseous sample into a highly sensitive metal oxide sensor array to detect NO.sub.2 from nitrogen containing explosive and CO/CO.sub.2 from non nitrogen containing explosive. The metal oxide sensor array reliably selects explosives from those compounds indicating chemiluminescence.
CHEMILUMINESCENCE TYPE NITROGEN OXIDE CONCENTRATION METER
In a chemiluminescence type nitrogen oxide concentration meter, a mixed gas of air with its moisture adsorbed by an adsorption apparatus and air that through a fifth flow path without the adsorption apparatus in between is flown into an ozone generator. Therefore, ozone can be generated using air of proper humidity in the ozone generator 7. As a result, ozone can be efficiently generated while suppressing occurrence of metal contamination in the ozone generator 7. Then, in the reaction unit 8, nitrogen oxides in the sample gas are made to appropriately show chemiluminescence using the ozone, and in the detector 9, the intensity of light generated in the reaction unit 8 is detected. Furthermore, in the control unit 10, the concentration of nitrogen oxides in the sample gas is measured, based on the intensity of light detected by the detector 9.
ADSORPTION APPARATUS AND CHEMILUMINESCENCE TYPE NITROGEN OXIDE CONCENTRATION METER
An inner diameter of an opening of the flow path is larger than a particle diameter of an adsorbent. Therefore, in a state where the flow path 33 is disposed in the container 31, the adsorbent 40 enters the flow path 33 via the opening 33B of the flow path 33. That is, in the adsorption apparatus, the adsorbent is disposed in a region between a side surface portion of the container and the flow path and inside the flow path. Further, in the adsorption apparatus 3, the air flows the region between the container 31 and the flow path 33 and in the flow path 33. Therefore, when the air is flown into the adsorption apparatus 3, the air can be sufficiently brought into contact with the adsorbent 40, and moisture contained in the air can be sufficiently adsorbed.
SWITCH CABINET FOR EXHAUST-GAS MEASUREMENT INSTALLATIONS
A switch cabinet for an exhaust-gas measurement installation includes a cabinet body with two side walls, a ceiling, a floor, a front side and a back wall, a door to close the front side, a measurement gas distributor arranged in the cabinet body with an outlet, a coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor to form the outlet, at least one measuring device arranged in the cabinet body with an inlet, and a coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device to form the inlet. The inlet is connected to the outlet to provide a gas-tight connection. The measurement gas distributor moves relative to the cabinet body so that the coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor and forming the outlet can be connected by insertion to the coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device and forming the inlet.
SULFUR CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTOR
A sulfur chemiluminescence detector 200 includes: a heating furnace including a gas passage having first and second supply ports, and a heater configured to heat the gas passage; an oxidation-reduction gas supply unit configured to supply, to the gas passage, an oxidizing-agent gas through the first supply port and a reducing-agent gas through the second supply port; a reaction cell configured to make a sample gas that has passed through the gas passage react with ozone; an ozone supply unit configured to supply the ozone into the reaction cell; a vacuum pump connected to the reaction cell; a photodetector configured to detect light generated inside the reaction cell; a signal receiving unit configured to receive a shutdown signal; and a shutdown functioning unit configured to control each unit to automatically stop supplying the reducing-agent gas and the oxidizing-agent gas by the oxidation-reduction gas supply unit, heating the gas passage by the heater, supplying the ozone by the ozone supply unit, and evacuating by the vacuum pump, upon the shutdown signal being received by the signal receiving unit.
Gas detector with hyperdoped SiC semiconductor material and related methods
A detector is for identifying chemicals in a sample. The detector may include a photodetector comprising SiC semiconductor material and configured to have an acceptor energy band of range E.sub.aE.sub.a to E.sub.a+E.sub.a. The SiC semiconductor material may be doped with a dopant to exceed a threshold dopant concentration level. The photodetector may be configured to receive fluorescence information from the sample.