Modular sample conditioning system
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1. A method of providing a sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- a. Establishing a fluid communication order of sample conditioning components to effect conditioning of said sample fluid in a modular fluid system;
b. Designing a layout of fluid passages to fluidly interconnect said sample conditioning components to said modular fluid system;
c. Providing a component docking platform having a mounting surface, said component docking platform having a series of holes formed laterally therethrough in a layout associated with step “
b”
, each of said holes forming an inner wall;
d. Providing a series of tubes for engagement to said docking platform in a layout associated with step “
b”
, each said tube having an end and an outer diameter to engage a respective hole, such that said outer diameter of each said tube is engaged in fluid impermeable manner to said inner wall of said hole, each said tube having a length emanating from said component docking platform opposite said mounting surface of said component docking platform;
e. Mounting said sample conditioning components to said mounting surface of said component docking platform so as to communicate with said enclosed fluid passages in the fluid communication order of Step “
A”
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Abstract
An on-stream sample collection and conditioning system, which is easier to construct, implement, maintain, and is more cost efficient then existing systems. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a modular system adaptable to a variety of diverse sample conditioning requirements. The system provides a docking surface specifically designed to receive modular conditioning or sampling components or the like in order to readily engage a system of passages to provide fluid flow between the mounted components.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of providing a sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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a. Establishing a fluid communication order of sample conditioning components to effect conditioning of said sample fluid in a modular fluid system; b. Designing a layout of fluid passages to fluidly interconnect said sample conditioning components to said modular fluid system; c. Providing a component docking platform having a mounting surface, said component docking platform having a series of holes formed laterally therethrough in a layout associated with step “
b”
, each of said holes forming an inner wall;d. Providing a series of tubes for engagement to said docking platform in a layout associated with step “
b”
, each said tube having an end and an outer diameter to engage a respective hole, such that said outer diameter of each said tube is engaged in fluid impermeable manner to said inner wall of said hole, each said tube having a length emanating from said component docking platform opposite said mounting surface of said component docking platform;e. Mounting said sample conditioning components to said mounting surface of said component docking platform so as to communicate with said enclosed fluid passages in the fluid communication order of Step “
A”
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10. A sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising:
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a base plate having first and second sides, first side having formed therein a docking platform having a surface thereupon formed to engage a plurality of modular sample conditioning components; said base plate having formed therethrough a system of passages, each of said passages engaging one or more conduits to selectively fluidly communicate and interconnect with one or more of said modular sample conditioning components mounted to said docking surface said base plate further comprising first and second plates affixed to one another in face to face engagement, with one of said first or second plates having milled grooves formed therein so as to form said conduits. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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11. A sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising:
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a base plate having first and second sides, said first side having formed thereon a docking platform having a surface thereupon formed to engage a plurality of modular sample conditioning components; said base plate having formed therethrough a system of passages, each of said passages having an inner diameter; conduits having an outer diameter formed to engage the inner diameter of said passages in fluid impermeable manner, each of said conduits formed to fluidly communicate and interconnect with one or more of said modular sample conditioning components mounted to said docking surface; said conduits comprising tubing emanating from said second side of said base plate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of providing a sample fluid conditioning apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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a. Establishing a fluid communication order of sample conditioning components to effect conditioning of said sample fluid in a modular fluid system; b. Designing a system of fluid passages to fluidly interconnect said sample conditioning components to said modular fluid system; c. Providing a component docking platform having a mounting surface, said component docking platform having a series of holes formed laterally therethrough, each of said holes forming an inner wall; d. Affixing a tube having an end and an outer diameter to each said hole, said outer diameter of each said tube being formed to engage, in fluid impermeable manner, said inner wall of said fluid passages to which it is engaged, each said tube having a length emanating from said component docking platform opposite said mounting surface of said component docking platform; e. Mounting said sample conditioning components to said mounting surface of said component docking platform so as to communicate with said enclosed fluid passages in the fluid communication order of Step “
a”
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