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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1973
Emil M Fort, Murrysville, PA (US);
Thomas D Kaczmsrek, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David C Phillips, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A sampling system monitors a gas stream of a power generator and automatically samples the gas stream if its characteristics indicate that a material in the power generator is being thermally degraded. A gas stream monitoring device generates a first signal if it detects degradation occurring. A time-delay relay determines whether the first signal is continuous, and if it is the relay acts to prevent the monitor from monitoring the gas stream. If the first signal then terminates, a second signal is generated which activates an alarm and permits gas to flow into a sampling device. The sampling device has three sections which collect large particles, small particulates, and vapors and gases. The products collected can be analyzed to determine which material in the power generator was thermally degraded.