Abstract: A system for analyzing a material such as sewage, the system including a preprocessor for extracting volatile compounds of carbon from inorganic carbonaceous substances within the material, a high-temperature reactor wherein the material chemically reacts with a gaseous reagent to produce a measurable amount of a gaseous product, and a chamber positioned at an exit port of the reactor, the chamber having a liquid covered surface to separate precipitates from the gaseous product.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1976
Date of Patent:
March 14, 1978
Assignee:
Raytheon Company
Inventors:
M. Louis Arin, Kenneth W. Sweeney, John R. Ims