Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving particulate sampling. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a flow direction structure, a flow sampler and a particle collector having a collecting surface. The flow direction structure has interior sidewalls that direct the flow of particulate-laden gas along a flow path. The flow sampler is located in the flow path within the interior sidewalls, and operates with the flow direction structure to sample a portion of the particulate-laden gas at a reduced velocity, while allowing another portion of the particulate-laden gas to exhaust around the flow sampler. The flow sampler operates with the particle collector to direct the sampled portion of the particulate-laden gas to the collecting surface, and to adhere particulates from the particulate-laden gas to the collecting surface.

The present disclosure provides a device for collecting semi-volatile or non-volatile substance, including an air nozzle, a front cavity and a collecting body. The air nozzle is configured to eject air to a sample attachment surface. The front cavity has an upper port. The collecting body is sealingly connected to a lower end of the front cavity, inside of which is provided with a cylindrical cavity and a conical cavity arranged vertically coaxially, and bottom of which is provided with a sample outlet. The collecting body is provided with an air intake passage which is non-coplanar with respect to an axis of the cylindrical cavity and is disposed obliquely downward and inward. The collecting body is further provided with an air exhaust passage one end of which is a discharge port connected to the interior of the cylindrical cavity, the other end is connected to an air pump.

A measurement station for measuring airborne molecular contamination includes at least one gas analyser, at least two controllable isolation valves connected in parallel to the input of the at least one gas analyser, a conditioning pump, at least two calibrated orifices connected in parallel to the input of the conditioning pump, at least one distributor to connect each controllable isolation valve with, on one side, a sampling line and, on the other side, a calibrated orifice, and a control unit linked to the controllable isolation valves. The control unit commands the opening or the closing of the controllable isolation valves in order to be able to connect the at least one gas analyser with at least one sampling line.

A new apparatus for monitoring fine particle concentration in an exhaust system of a combustion engine has a part that extends into the exhaust system, and a housing that includes structure that attaches and seals the apparatus to the exhaust system through a single opening in a wall of the exhaust system. A gas inlet in the housing provides a measurement flow into a particle measurement sensor inside the housing. At least a fraction of the particles entering the particle measurement sensor are charged, and at least a fraction of the current carried by the charged particles are detected. A gas outlet in the housing carries the measurement flow away from the particle measurement sensor. The structure that attaches the apparatus to the exhaust system has one electrical connector that provides power to the sensor, and another electrical connector that transmits the electrical signal created by the sensor.

An adjustable aerodynamic lens system for aerodynamic focusing of aerosols comprises a hollow tube having an inlet terminal, an outlet terminal and a focusing segment located between the inlet terminal and the outlet terminal. The focusing segment includes a plurality of section tubes assembled in a manner to selectively focus aerosols of a specific average size. Each of the section tubes has a focusing orifice, and the diameters of the two adjacent focusing orifices are different. In specific, the section tubes having their focusing orifices of appropriate diameters are chosen according to the average size of aerosol particles to be focused, and assembled in sequence, so as to make aerosol fluid passing through to form a beam of aerosol particles with good focusing quality.