Title:
MEASURING SMALL QUANTITIES OF FLUID
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2007001968
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for handling small quantities of fluids useful, for example, in measuring the gas and/or liquid sorption and desorption properties of substances such as hydrogen sorption by solid or liquid hydrogen storage materials. In one embodiment, low-volume rotary valves(310 B) are used to dose samples in a sample holder (15). In another embodiment, a rotary valve(310 B) is used as a dosing/bypass valve to both condition and measure samples. The invention also relates to an actuator for a rotary valve that has a manual override feature.
Inventors:
GROSS KARL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2006/023773
Publication Date:
October 11, 2007
Filing Date:
June 19, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GROSS KARL (US)
International Classes:
G01N1/14
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