Abstract: A fluid-tightly sealable sampling device for analysis of one or more substances in a fluid flow intended to pass through the sampling device is disclosed, wherein it comprises an adsorption device (1) which is hollow and is adapted to be provided with one or more reagents for adsorption of and reaction with said one or more substances in the fluid flow, a filter holder (2), which is hollow and is connected in a fluid-tight way with the adsorption device (1), a filter device (4) adapted to be provided with one or more reagents for adsorption of and reaction with said one or more substances in the fluid flow, a gasket (5) provided with at least one projection (6) engaged with at least one corresponding receiving slot in the filter holder (2), a first external cap (9) detachably connected with the inlet end of the sampling device in a fluid-tight way and a second external cap (13) detachably connected with the outlet end of the sampling device in a fluid-tight way.

Abstract: A method for active or passive sampling of particles and gas phase organic and non-organic components in a fluid flow (4) is disclosed, wherein said method comprises the step in which a sampling device comprising a first denuder device (1), a filter device (3), and a second denuder device (2), arranged in axial direction in a series in said order, is provided at a measurement spot, wherein the first denuder device (1) and the second denuder device (2) each is hollow and contains surfaces provided with a hydrophobic and/or a hydrophilic sorbent, or said second denuder device (2) contains a packing of hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic sorbent particles, as well as a sampling device used in said method.

Abstract: A differential thermal mass flow meter assembly (1) for measuring a mass flow of a gas or liquid is disclosed, wherein it comprises: a flow channel (2), in which the gas or liquid is flowing, at least two heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) arranged in the flow direction on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (5) arranged in the flow direction up-stream said heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (6?) arranged in the flow direction down-stream said heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), as well as a method of measuring the mass flow of a gas or liquid using said differential thermal mass flow meter assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid sampling assembly comprising a sampling device (1) for analysis of one or more substances in a fluid flow passing through the sampling device (1), a first device (3) comprising a flow meter for measuring the fluid flow, and a control unit (12) with communication means, wherein the control unit (12) is adapted to record information concerning the sampling, and to communicate the information to a memory (4, 7, 13). The invention further relates to a method for assuring quality of measurements using a sampling assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for verification of correct function of sampling equipment is disclosed, wherein said method comprises the steps of: a) providing a pump assembly (1) comprising an inlet (2) and an outlet (3), a flow channel (4) extending between said inlet (2) and outlet (3), a pump located along said flow channel (4) adapted to force an gas flow through said flow channel (4), a first mass flow sensor (6) located inside said flow channel (4), a first pressure sensor (7) located near said first mass flow sensor (6) adapted to measure a first pressure inside said flow channel (4), and a second pressure sensor (8) located outside said flow channel (4), said second pressure sensor (8) being adapted to measure a second pressure being the ambient atmospheric pressure, b) calculating the pressure difference between said first pressure and said second pressure c) calculating any error in an output signal from the mass flow meter by comparing said pressure difference with a value in a pre-calibrated t

Abstract: A membrane fluid pump includes a rotatable drive shaft. The shaft is equipped with a number of eccentrics arranged axially along the shaft. The membrane fluid pump further comprises a set of connecting rods connected to each of the eccentrics. Each connecting rod is attached between one of the eccentrics on the shaft and a corresponding membrane so that each of the connecting rods is arranged to transfer a rotating movement of the shaft to a reciprocating movement pattern of the corresponding membrane. Each of the eccentrics and the connecting rods are arranged such that all of the membranes will reciprocate with a phase shift evenly distributed over a 360 degree rotation of the drive shaft, and wherein all of the eccentrics are rotationally offset to each other with an angle so that they are evenly distributed over a 360 degree rotation of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A fluid detecting device for detecting the presence of a substance in a fluid in an area comprising: a heating element arranged in said area, a first thermal sensor arranged adjacent to said heating element adapted to detect a temperature (T1) at said heating element, wherein said heating element is coated with a hydrophobic sorbent adapted to adsorb a substance present in said fluid in said area. The invention further relates to a method for detecting the presence of a substance in a fluid in an area.

Abstract: A method for passive or active sampling of particles and gas phase components in a fluid flow. A sampling device is provided in the fluid flow, wherein the sampling device comprises an ionization chamber and a detection chamber. A fraction of the particles and the gas phase components in the fluid become ionized and charged when introduced in the ionization chamber. The charged particles and gas phase components are then introduced in the detection chamber, which comprises a positively charged wall surface and a negatively charged wall surface. The positively charged particles and gas phase components are bound to the negatively charged wall surface, and the negatively charged particles and gas phase components are bound to the positively charged wall surface. The amount of particles present in the fluid flow is determined by measuring the current change between the positively charged wall surface and the negatively charged wall surface.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for sampling fluid flow quality. The apparatus includes a flow channel through which the fluid is flowing, a pressure sensor provided in said flow channel and adapted to detect a pressure in said flow channel, a membrane provided downstream or upstream said pressure sensor in said flow channel and adapted to induce a pressure modification, and a control unit connected to said pressure sensor and said membrane. The control unit is configured to activate said membrane so as to induce said pressure modification when said detected pressure deviates from a predetermined pressure interval, thereby neutralizing any pressure fluctuation in said flow channel.

Abstract: A method for active or passive sampling of particles and gas phase organic and non-organic components in a fluid flow (4) is disclosed, wherein said method comprises the step in which a sampling device comprising a first denuder device (1), a filter device (3), and a second denuder device (2), arranged in axial direction in a series in said order, is provided at a measurement spot, wherein the first denuder device (1) and the second denuder device (2) each is hollow and contains surfaces provided with a hydrophobic and/or a hydrophilic sorbent, or said second denuder device (2) contains a packing of hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic sorbent particles, as well as a sampling device used in said method.

Abstract: A method for controlling a gas flow of a pump for high flow rates at a low average flow rate by changing the gas pressure inside a cavity in said pump. The method includes decreasing the gas pressure in said cavity during a first predetermined time period, increasing the gas pressure in said cavity during a second predetermined time period, and stopping the active change of gas pressure during at least a third predetermined time period. Additionally, a pump assembly for high flow rates operated at a low average flow rate is disclosed that includes a number of pumps, a pump motor with a number of stator windings adapted to drive said pumps, and a control unit adapted to control said pump motor. In one embodiment the number of pumps is equal to said number of stator windings. The motor can momentarily increase its force on the pumps.

Abstract: A sealing connection assembly for fluid-tightly sealing of a first tubular part (1) to a second tubular part (2), wherein the sealing connection assembly comprises a first locking element (3) being adapted to at least partly enclose said first tubular part (1) and comprising at least one gripping element (5), a second locking element (4) being adapted to at least partly enclose said second tubular part (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for verification of correct function of sampling equipment is disclosed, wherein said method comprises the steps of: a) providing a pump assembly (1) comprising an inlet (2) and an outlet (3), a flow channel (4) extending between said inlet (2) and outlet (3), a pump located along said flow channel (4) adapted to force an gas flow through said flow channel (4), a first mass flow sensor (6) located inside said flow channel (4), a first pressure sensor (7) located near said first mass flow sensor (6) adapted to measure a first pressure inside said flow channel (4), and a second pressure sensor (8) located outside said flow channel (4), said second pressure sensor (8) being adapted to measure a second pressure being the ambient atmospheric pressure, b) calculating the pressure difference between said first pressure and said second pressure c) calculating any error in an output signal from the mass flow meter by comparing said pressure difference with a value in a pre-calibrated t

Abstract: A flow regulating system for maintaining a stable air flow comprising at least one pump, a mass flow sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an ambient pressure sensor, a temperature compensation sensor measuring the temperature of said mass flow sensor, and a control system is disclosed, as well as a method for measuring a flow using said flow regulating system, a device for the monitoring of air-borne compounds present in air in both a gas phase and a particle phase, wherein it comprises a sampling device, an enrichment trap 1, a calibration and tuning module, a blank module, said flow regulating system, a chromatography unit, and a detection unit, and a method for the detection of air-born compounds in an air flow by using said monitoring device.

Abstract: A fluid-tightly sealable sampling device for analysis of one or more substances in a fluid flow intended to pass through the sampling device is disclosed, wherein it comprises an adsorption device (1) which is hollow and is adapted to be provided with one or more reagents for adsorption of and reaction with said one or more substances in the fluid flow, a filter holder (2), which is hollow and is connected in a fluid-tight way with the adsorption device (1), a filter device (4) adapted to be provided with one or more reagents for adsorption of and reaction with said one or more substances in the fluid flow, a gasket (5) provided with at least one projection (6) engaged with at least one corresponding receiving slot in the filter holder (2), a first external cap (9) detachably connected with the inlet end of the sampling device in a fluid-tight way and a second external cap (13) detachably connected with the outlet end of the sampling device in a fluid-tight way.

Abstract: A differential thermal mass flow meter assembly (1) for measuring a mass flow of a gas or liquid is disclosed, wherein it comprises: a flow channel (2), in which the gas or liquid is flowing, at least two heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) arranged in the flow direction on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (5) arranged in the flow direction up-stream said heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (6?) arranged in the flow direction down-stream said heating elements (4, 4?, 4?) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), as well as a method of measuring the mass flow of a gas or liquid using said differential thermal mass flow meter assembly.

Abstract: A flow regulating system for maintaining a stable air flow comprising at least one pump, a mass flow sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an ambient pressure sensor, a temperature compensation sensor measuring the temperature of said mass flow sensor, and a control system is disclosed, as well as a method for measuring a flow using said flow regulating system, a device for the monitoring of air-borne compounds present in air in both a gas phase and a particle phase, wherein it comprises a sampling device, an enrichment trap 1, a calibration and tuning module, a blank module, said flow regulating system, a chromatography unit, and a detection unit, and a method for the detection of air-born compounds in an air flow by using said monitoring device.

Abstract: A sampling device for analysis of a substance which is chosen from the group consisting of isocyanates, aminoisocyanates, amines, and isothiocyanates, and which is present in an air flow intended to pass through the sampling device is disclosed, as well as a method for the production of said sampling device, and a method for the analysis of said substance in the air flow.

Abstract: A sampling device is described for analysis of a substance, wherein the substance is selected from the group consisting of isocyanates, aminoisocyanates, isothiocyanates, anhydrides, amines and carboxylic acids and can be present in both gas and particle phases in an air flow passed, for sampling, through the sampling device, said device comprising: a) an adsorption device comprising a coating, wherein said coating comprises a reagent mixture in the form of one or more primary or secondary amines and an acidic compound having the ability to form a salt (or ionic bond) with the amine(s) for adsorption of and reaction with the substance in the gas phase of the air flow; and b) a filter device comprising said mixture of amine(s) and acidic compound for adsorption of and reaction with the substance in the particle phase of the air flow.

Abstract: A sampling device for analysis of a substance which is chosen from the group consisting of isocyanates, aminoisocyanates, amines, and isothiocyanates, and which is present in an air flow intended to pass through the sampling device is disclosed, as well as a method for the production of said sampling device, and a method for the analysis of said substance in the air flow.