Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100069689 | Process and System for Providing Acetylene - A system and a process for providing acetylene, preferably at a high purity level (e.g., comprising 100 parts per million (“ppm”), or 10 ppm, or 1 ppm, or 100 parts per billion (“ppb”), or 10 ppb, or 1 ppb or less of solvent), to a point of use, such as a semiconductor manufacturing process, is described herein. In one aspect, there is provided a process for providing a process for providing a high purity acetylene comprising 100 ppm or less solvent to a point of use comprising: providing an acetylene feed stream comprising acetylene and solvent at a temperature ranging from 20° C. to −50° C.; and introducing the acetylene feed stream to a purifier at a temperature ranging from −50° C. to 30° C. to remove at least a portion of the solvent contained therein and provide the high purity acetylene. | 03-18-2010 |
20120118763 | Process and System for Providing Acetylene - A system for providing a high purity acetylene comprising 100 ppm or less solvent to a point of use comprising a storage vessel that houses an acetylene feed steam comprising acetylene and solvent; a cooling system that maintains the storage vessel and provides the acetylene feed stream at a temperature ranging from 20° C. to −50° C.; and a purifier in fluid communication with the storage vessel wherein the acetylene feed stream is introduced into the purifier at a temperature ranging from −50° C. to 30° C. to remove at least a portion of the solvent contained therein and provide the high purity acetylene. | 05-17-2012 |
20130306650 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE TRUE CONTENTS OF A CYLINDER OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE - There is provided a method of and apparatus for, measuring the mass of a gas under pressure using a piezoelectric oscillator. The gas is contained within a pressure vessel ( | 11-21-2013 |
20150096385 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MEASURING THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TWO-PHASE FLUIDS - There is provided a method of measuring the physical properties of a two-phase fluid using at least one piezoelectric oscillator immersed in the two-phase fluid, the two-phase fluid comprising a gas fraction and a liquid fraction, the method comprising: a) measuring the resonant frequency of the or each piezoelectric oscillator as a function of time; and b) determining, from the or each resonant frequency, at least one physical property of the two-phase fluid to characterise the two-phase fluid. | 04-09-2015 |
20150107369 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MEASURING THE MASS FLOW RATE OF A GAS - There is provided a meter for measuring the mass flow rate of a gas, the meter comprising a conduit through which the gas flows in use, the conduit having a flow restriction orifice through which choked flow occurs in use, the flow restriction orifice dividing the conduit into an upstream portion upstream of said orifice and a downstream portion downstream of said orifice, the meter further comprising a sensor assembly including a first piezoelectric crystal oscillator in said upstream portion such that said first piezoelectric oscillator is in contact with said gas when the meter in use, a second piezoelectric crystal oscillator in said downstream portion such that said second piezoelectric oscillator is in contact with said gas when the meter in use, said sensor assembly being arranged: to drive the first and second piezoelectric crystal oscillators such that each of the first and second piezoelectric crystal oscillators resonate at respective resonant frequencies; to measure the resonant frequency of the first piezoelectric oscillator and the resonant frequency of resonant frequency of the first piezoelectric oscillator and the the second piezoelectric oscillator; and to determine, from the resonant frequency of the second piezoelectric oscillator, the mass flow rate of gas through said orifice. | 04-23-2015 |
20150107679 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, PROVIDING A GAS MIXTURE - There is provided a gas mixer arrangement comprising a first gas source for supplying a first gas; a second gas source for supplying a second gas different from said first gas; a first valve for regulating the flow of the first gas; a second valve for regulating the flow of the second gas; a mixer located downstream of the first and second valves and arranged, in use, to mix the first and second gases to provide a mixed gas; a meter arranged to measure the average molecular weight of the mixed gas, comprising a high-frequency planar piezoelectric crystal oscillator in contact with the mixed gas and a sensor operable to determine atmospheric pressure; and a controller operable, in response to the measured average molecular weight of said mixed gas, to control at least one of said first and second valves in order to control the relative proportion of the first and second gases in said mixed gas. | 04-23-2015 |
20150128682 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MEASURING THE TRUE CONTENTS OF A CYLINDER OF GAS UNDER PRESSURE - There is provided a sensor assembly ( | 05-14-2015 |
20150292922 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MEASURING THE FLOW RATE OF A GAS - There is provided a meter for measuring the flow rate of a gas along a conduit, the meter comprising a sensor assembly including a piezoelectric crystal oscillator comprising two planar tines in contact with, and extending into, said gas flow when the meter is in use, said sensor assembly being arranged: to measure the voltage generated by movement of the planar tines of said piezoelectric oscillator in the gas flow along the conduit; and to determine, from the generated voltage, the flow rate of gas along said conduit. | 10-15-2015 |