Abstract:
A method is disclosed which comprises maintaining a scrubber medium at a temperature in a range of -20°C to 85°C, the scrubber medium comprising nanoparticles of a reactive metal oxide material having first aerodynamic diameters of less than 250 nm that are adhered to carrier particles having second aerodynamic diameters in a range of 10 to 250 microns and that are inert relative to one or more background compounds, wherein a mass ratio of the reactive metal oxide to the carrier particles is in a range of 20% to 30%, and wherein the nanoparticles of the reactive metal oxide are adhered to the carrier particles by one or more of van der Waals and electrostatic forces. In a further step a gas mixture is contacted with the scrubber medium while the scrubber medium is maintained at the temperature, the gas mixture comprising a reactive compound and the one or more background compounds, the reactive compound comprising a gas-phase acid, the contacting causing the reactive compound to react with the reactive metal oxide material to convert the reactive compound and at least one metal oxide site on the nanoparticles to one or more metal-anion surface compounds. An apparatus, a composition and a refreshing method are also disclosed.
Abstract:
An energy content meter can spectroscopically quantify oxidation products after oxidation of a combustible mixture. The measured oxidation product concentrations or mole fractions can be converted to an energy content of the un-oxidized combustible mixture using a conversion factor that relates oxygen consumption during oxidation of the combustible mixture to the energy content of the combustible mixture.
Abstract:
A differential absorption spectrum for a reactive gas in a gas mixture can be generated for sample absorption data by subtracting background absorption data set from the sample absorption data. The background absorption data can be characteristic of absorption characteristics of the background composition in a laser light scan range that includes a target wavelength. The differential absorption spectrum can be converted to a measured concentration of the reactive gas using calibration data. A determination can be made whether the background composition has substantially changed relative to the background absorption data, and new background absorption data can be used if the background composition has substantially changed. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described..
Abstract:
Scrubber media for reactive gases, that can include but are not necessarily limited to hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and ammonia (NH3), can include reactive particles, potentially as small as nano-scale, that can optionally be suspended on macro-scale carrier particles. Reactive gases can be converted to non-volatile compounds by being passed through a bed of such scrubber media. Such scrubber media can be used to remove reactive gases from gas mixtures. Potential applications include differential absorption spectroscopy, air pollutant emission controls, and the like. Methods of preparing scrubber media are also described.
Abstract:
Thermodynamic properties of a natural gas stream can be determined in real time utilizing modeling algorithms in conjunction with one or more sensors for quantifying physical and chemical properties of the natural gas. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are also described. A method and apparatus for determining the energy content of a gas stream in which spectroscopic measurements on carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons as well as a third measurement of temperature, pressure and sund velocity of the gas are input to a processor which uses an algorithm to calculate the energy contact.
Abstract:
A system includes a light source, a detector, at least one pressure sensor, and a control unit. The light source emits light at a wavelength substantially corresponding to an absorption line of a target gas. The detector is positioned to detect the intensity of light emitted from the light source that has passed through the target gas. The pressure sensor detects the pressure of the target gas. The control circuit is coupled to the detector and the light source to adjust the modulation amplitude of the light source based on the pressure detected by the at least one pressure sensor. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
Abstract:
Detector data representative of an intensity of light that impinges on a detector after being emitted from a light source and passing through a gas over a path length can be analyzed using a first analysis method to obtain a first calculation of an analyte concentration in the volume of gas and a second analysis method to obtain a second calculation of the analyte concentration. The second calculation can be promoted as the analyte concentration upon determining that the analyte concentration is out of a first target range for the first analysis method.