HYDROFLUOROCARBON DETECTION DEVICE

• Main Author: SJONG, ANGELE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 01.03.2012
• Subjects: ALARM SYSTEMS; BLASTING; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; ICE-BOXES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; PHYSICS; REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; SIGNALLING; SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TESTING; WEAPONS

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 element to decompose HFC gas under conditions sufficient to form hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas and one or more ionized particles. The charged particle filter is configured to filter the one or more ionized particles, and the sensing component is configured to detect the HF gas. La présente invention concerne un dispositif de détection d'hydrofluorocarbures (HFC) à titre d'exemple qui comprend un composant de décomposition, un filtre à particules chargées et un composant de détection. Le composant de décomposition est configuré pour irradier un échantillon de gaz par un élément radio-actif pour décomposer les HFC gazeux dans des conditions suffisantes pour former du fluorure d'hydrogène (HF) gazeux et une ou plusieurs particules ionisées. Le filtre à particules chargées est configuré pour filtrer la ou les particules ionisées, et le composant de détection est configuré pour détecter le HF gazeux.