Abstract:
THE DISCLOSURE RELATES TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL FOR USE IN ION POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS OF SOLUTIONS THE CELL CONTAINS A SENSING ELECTRODE, A REFERENCE ELECTRODE, AND AN EXTERNAL ELECTROLYTE COMPRISING THE SOLUTION TO BE TESTED. AT LEAST ONE ELECTRODE COMPRISES AN INTERNAL HALF CELLS SUPPORTED IN A CONTAINER OF NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINING A SALT SOLTUION, AN INTERNAL ELECTROLYTE AND A LIQUID JUNCTION STRUCTURE OF AN ION PERMEABLE MATERIAL. THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES A SURFACTANT ADDED TO THE CELL SO THAT THE CONTACT ANGLE BETWEEN THE SOLUTION AND THE LIQUID JUNCTION STRUCTURE IS LESS THAN ABOUT 90*. AS A RESULT THE LIQUID JUNCTION STRUCTURE IS MADE MORE PERMEBLE TO WATER MOLECULES. AN IMPROVED ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODE FOR USE IN ION POTENIAL MEASUREMENTS OF SOLUTIONS IS ALSO DISCLOSED.
Abstract:
A bypass filter assembly and method of obtaining a filtered sample from a process stream or the like in which the process stream is introduced into a filter chamber so as to produce a symmetrical bifurcated flow pattern of fluid therein which promotes a counter-rotating scouring or cleaning action on the membrane filter in the chamber. The housing of the assembly is divided into two sections. The inlet and outlet ports for the process stream and the filtered sample port are all located in one section of the housing so that the other section, namely the filter cap, may be removed from the first section without disconnecting any flow lines from the cap, thus facilitating rapid removal of the cap and replacement of the filter element therein.
Abstract:
A temperature sensing circuit generates a voltage proportional to the difference between a controlled temperature and a predetermined reference temperature. The voltage is integrated in an integrating amplifier whereby average temperature offset error is reduced to zero. The integrated voltage is compared to a reference potential in a comparator to generate a control signal when the integrated voltage exceeds the reference potential. The control signal operates a switching device through which electrical power is conducted to a heater whereby the controlled temperature is established.