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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129267 | SULFUR BREAKTHROUGH DETECTION ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A FUEL UTILIZATION SYSTEM AND SULFUR BREAKTHROUGH DETECTION METHOD A sulfur breakthrough monitoring assembly for use in a fuel utilization system for detecting sulfur-containing compounds in desulfurized fuel, said monitoring assembly comprising: a heater for heating desulfurized fuel to a predetermined temperature, the predetermined t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108450 | Receptors Useful for Gas Phase Chemical Sensing The invention provides for a receptor, capable of binding to a target molecule, linked to a hygroscopic polymer or hydrogel; and the use of this receptor in a device for detecting the target molecule in a gaseous and/or liquid phase. The invention also provides for a me... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120047926 | HYDROFLUOROCARBON DETECTION DEVICE The present technology provides an illustrative hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) detection device that includes a decomposition component, a charged particle filter, and a sensing component. The decomposition component is configured to irradiate a gas sample with a radioactive e... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052586 | HYDROFLUOROCARBON ELIMINATION DEVICE The present technology provides an illustrative hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) elimination device. An HFC sensing device is configured to detect an ambient, gaseous HFC composition. The HFC elimination device further includes a component comprising a surface that includes glas... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120003748 | Chemical Ionization Reaction or Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry A system and methods are described for generating reagent ions and product ions for use in a mass spectrometry system. Applications for the system and method are also disclosed for detecting volatile organic compounds in trace concentrations. A microwave or high-frequen... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110311987 | OXYGEN DETECTION USING METALLOPORPHYRINS An oxygen sensor includes a metalloporphyrin for detecting oxygen levels. The oxygen sensors may also include a light source and a detector. The sensors are configured to measure changes in spectra in response to the redox reaction. They can detect a variety of samples ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300638 | Ion Mobility Spectrometers An ion mobility spectrometer has a reaction region separated from a drift region by an electrostatic gate. A doping circuit supplies a dopant to the reaction region but the drift region is undoped. Two high field ion modifiers are located one after the other in the drif... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293480 | SENSOR THAT COMPENSATES FOR DETERIORATION OF A LUMINESCABLE MEDIUM A sensor that generates an output signal in response to a stimulus, wherein the output signal is generated with a predetermined relationship to one or more properties of the stimulus such that the one or more properties of the stimulus can be determined as a function of... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING PARAMETERS FOR THE CRACKING, IN-SITU COMBUSTION, AND UPGRADING OF HYDROCARBONS An apparatus for characterizing parameters for the cracking, in-situ combustion, and upgrading of hydrocarbons includes a reactor defining a chamber, a temperature probe operably associated with the reactor, and a gas inlet in fluid communication with the chamber. The a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110281367 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES The invention relates to a device (10) for detection of harmful substances with a measurement unit (28) for measuring at least one harmful substance and an evaluation unit (30) for determining the concentration of the at least one harmful substance.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110244585 | CHEMICAL SENSORS CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES, METHOD FOR MAKING SAME, AND USES THEROF A device is disclosed for detecting at least one chemical compound comprising at least one carbon nanotube with several graphene layers, on which is grafted at least one molecule bearing group G1 capable of reacting with the chemical compound or a precursor of such a gr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236987 | GAS DETECTOR TUBE FOR DETERMINING BENZENE An improved detection reaction for benzene in gas analysis with a gas detector tube formed of a carrier material impregnated with gold(III) oxide in a display layer.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236267 | Chemical and Biological Sensor The present disclosure provides a sensor device. The sensor device may include an intake port for an air sample connected to a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber may contain at least one device for the introduction of a liquid or gel detection improvement agent, or at l... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110211994 | Nanowire Structural Element The invention concerns a nanowire structural element suited for use in a microreactor system or microcatalyzer system. A template based process is used for the production of the nanowire structural element, wherein the nanowires are electro... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110201126 | INTERFACE TO A MASS SPECTROMETER An interface is provided for coupling a sample source, including a TOC/TN analyzer to an isotope detector, including an isotope ratio mass spectrometer. The interface comprises a sample conduit having an inlet for fluid connection with the sample source and an outlet fo... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110158854 | HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION MEASURING INSTRUMENT This invention is to obtain a highly reliable measurement result by correcting a hydrogen concentration by the use of a concentration of oxygen contained in a measurement gas, and the hydrogen concentration measuring instrument comprises a hydrogen concentration measuri... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110159596 | SUBSTANCE DETECTOR Apparatus for detecting substances in an air sample, the apparatus including: a source of air pressure differential, a cyclone connected to the source of air pressure differential, an air input port connected to the cyclone, to receive the air sample, a substance output... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110142719 | CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) MICROSIR SENSOR SYSTEM The present invention provides very small low cost apparatus and method for determining the concentration and/or hazard from a target gas by means of optically monitoring one or more sensors that responds to carbon monoxide. The apparatus comprises a photon source optic... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143448 | SO2 DETECTION USING DIFFERENTIAL NANO-RESONATORS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO A sulfur dioxide sensor comprising a first beam having a functionalized sensing surface capable of sensing sulfur dioxide, the first beam capable of producing a first resonant frequency; and a second beam having a functionalized reference surface not capable of sensing ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143447 | DIFFERENTIAL RESONATORS FOR NO2 DETECTION AND METHODS RELATED THERETO A nitrogen dioxide sensor comprising a first beam having a first functionalized sensing surface capable of sensing nitrogen dioxide, the first beam capable of producing a first resonant frequency; and a second beam having a second functionalized reference surface not ca... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110097809 | Flue Gas Monitoring And Dynamic Spiking For Sulfur Trioxide/Sulfuric Acid Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring sulfur trioxide/sulfuric acid content of flue gas. A probe is provided that extracts two separate lines of gas samples simultaneously from the flue gas. One of the two lines is dynamically spiked with a known quantity of s... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110081276 | PARTICULATE SENSING ELEMENT AND PARTICULATE SENSOR HAVING THE PARTICULATE SENSING ELEMENT A particulate sensing element that detects a concentration of electrically conductive particulates PM in a gas to be measured includes a sensing portion exposed to the gas to be measured in which a pair of sensing electrodes that face each other formed with a predetermi... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110045600 | OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE SENSING A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) capable of performing as a CO2 or O2 sensor is disclosed, hi one implementation, a polymer solar cell can be connected to the HEMT for use in an infrared detection system. In a second implementation, a sel... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110027899 | HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS DETECTOR & METHODS OF USE THEREOF Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus and method for detecting explosive compounds by air sampling followed by subjecting the air sample to a detection method. In one embodiment, a test area is sampled by drawing air from the vicinity of the test are... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110008899 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION OF A SPECIMEN, IN PARTICULAR ONE CONTAINING PROTEIN An apparatus and a method for determining the composition of a protein-containing specimen has a combustion chamber for the combustion of the specimen, an exhaust gas line connected to a combustion chamber heated by a heating device, a combustion control device, an oxyg... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100317125 | Detection Apparatus IMS apparatus has a preconcentrator outside its inlet aperture. Analyte vapor is adsorbed during a first phase when substantially no gas is admitted to the reaction region. The preconcentrator is then energized to desorb the analyte molecules and create a volume of deso... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100282245 | Detection of nitric oxide A system for the detection of nitric oxide in a gas sample includes a converter for oxidation of nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide, a nitrogen dioxide sensor including nanostructures and a filtering device to remove at least carbon dioxide from the gas sample positioned ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100267148 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF UNSATURATION IN A COMPOUND A mass spectrometric method for determining the position of unsaturation in a compound is disclosed.... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100267160 | Total Organic Carbon Analysis The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring carbon (any one or all of TC, TOC, or TIC) in a sample matrix. In an embodiment, a method for measuring carbon in a sample composition is provided. The method comprises providing an apparatus comprisin... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100240135 | System and method for sour gas well testing The invention provides a method of testing sour natural gas by a) removing H2S from the gas stream, b) converting H2S to elemental sulfur, and c) recovering elemental sulfur. The invention also provides a substantially mobile system for testing sou... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100209301 | FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICLES FOR COMPOSITE SENSORS A chemical sensor having a transducer element and a layer of composite material including a polymer matrix and a solid particulate filler disposed in the polymer matrix provides chemical sensors exhibiting improved properties. In particular, the device allows polymer ma... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100204676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL DETECTION AND RELEASE A nano-sniffer is provided for detecting chemicals and/or releasing chemicals based on detection of a chemical. The nano-sniffer may be less than about 150 nanometers in size. The nano-sniffer may be a passive, active, or semi-passive nano-sniffer. The nano-sniffer may ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197035 | Sensor for measuring syngas ratio in the high temperature and pressure condition An assembly and method for gas analysis. The assembly comprises a catalyst compartment for catalytically reacting a component of a gas sample, producing one or more gas species as products. A product compartment receives the gas species, and a sensing element within the... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100196208 | IGNITION OR PLASMA GENERATION APPARATUS There is provided an ignition or plasma generation apparatus that eliminates the need for resonance means in a combustion chamber and simplifies the electrode structure within the combustion chamber in an instance where energy from each of a spark discharge and microwav... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100178209 | Hydrogen Sensor In a hydrogen sensor (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d), a thin film layer (12) is formed over a substrate (11) and a buffer layer (13) is formed over the thin film layer (12). Further, over the buffe... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100158758 | Gas Sensor Assembly A gas sensor assembly may include a housing defining a chamber. A gas sensor may be mounted in the chamber. An inlet tube may be secured to the housing and extend into the chamber of the housing: The inlet tube may define a passage providing fluid communication between ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100136704 | Process for Detecting Gaseous Halogenated Compounds Process for detecting a gaseous compound of BX3, HX or X2 type within a gas using a composition containing a probe molecule, characterized in that the probe molecule is a molecule for which the reaction with one or more compounds of BX3,... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100136697 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF FUEL An apparatus of measuring concentration of fuel including a catalyst layer, a diffusion layer, a fuel chamber, a reactive gas chamber, and a sensor is provided. The diffusion layer is connected to the catalyst layer. The fuel chamber is suitable for containing a fuel. T... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100104473 | Air sampling system and method for calibration A chemical detection system includes detectors connected to a pump via a filter and hosing. The filter prevents the interior of the pump from internal contamination from a chemical or toxic agent. The airflow through the detector may be varied by an adjustable orifice. ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098612 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR REDUCING NOX AND PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS IN EXHAUST GAS FROM HYDROCARBON FUEL SOURCE WITH A FUEL LEAN COMBUSTION MIXTURE An exemplary method and associated architecture for reducing NOx and particulate matter emissions in an exhaust stream may include passing the exhaust stream through a catalytic oxidation reactor; passing the exhaust stream through a two-way selective reducti... | 04/22/2010 |
