DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUNTING ELEMENTARY PARTICLES EMITTED BY A FLUID IN A CONDUIT
First Claim
1. A particle counting device for counting of elementary particles emitted by a fluid, the device comprising a line for transferring this fluid and, placed outside said line, detection means for detecting these particles, said particles being attenuated by a wall of said line and/or by this fluid, which device includes at least one counting portion of oblong cross section which joins together two adjacent portions of this line having a larger flow section and which has an internal height (h)/internal width (l) ratio of 20% or less, in which the internal height and the internal width represent the smallest and largest transverse dimensions respectively of this portion, these being measured along two approximately perpendicular directions, said detection means extending transversely to this portion, facing its entire internal width and on either side thereof.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and a method for counting elementary particles emitted by a fluid, the device comprising a line for transferring the fluid and, outside the line, detection means (6a) for detecting the particles that are attenuated by a wall of the line and/or by this fluid.
A counting device according to the invention includes at least one counting portion (4a) of oblong cross section which joins together two adjacent portions of the line having a larger flow section and which has an [internal height (h)/internal width (l)] ratio of 20% or less, in which the internal height and the internal width represent the smallest and largest transverse dimensions respectively of the portion, these being measured along two approximately perpendicular directions, said detection means extending transversely to this portion, facing its entire internal width and on either side thereof.
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- 1. A particle counting device for counting of elementary particles emitted by a fluid, the device comprising a line for transferring this fluid and, placed outside said line, detection means for detecting these particles, said particles being attenuated by a wall of said line and/or by this fluid, which device includes at least one counting portion of oblong cross section which joins together two adjacent portions of this line having a larger flow section and which has an internal height (h)/internal width (l) ratio of 20% or less, in which the internal height and the internal width represent the smallest and largest transverse dimensions respectively of this portion, these being measured along two approximately perpendicular directions, said detection means extending transversely to this portion, facing its entire internal width and on either side thereof.
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