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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0808 (2013.01); B01D 53/266 (2013.01); G01N 33/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for removing liquid from a sample containing both liquid component and gaseous component. In particular, the liquid component may be separated from the sample by flowing the gaseous component of the sample from a lower chamber to an upper chamber through a membrane. The liquid portion of the sample may be drain from the lower chamber via a drainage channel within the bottom wall of the lower chamber. The liquid portion of the sample flows horizontally outward in the drainage channel through capillary action induced by a capillary part positioned within the drainage channel.