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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1993
Ralph Bernstein, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vasu H Tahiliani, San Jose, CA (US);
Mario Rabinowitz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard Grace, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are presented for snaring explosive, combustible, and other hazardous compounds in vapor and in particulate form, and also combustion residues, which system can be used to prevent, or retrodict the cause of explosions, fires, etc. after they have occurred. The snares are in the form of gated chambers on rotating time disks and moving belts which are used to capture molecules and particulate matter. The combination detects hazardous molecules and combustible particles or causes of dust explosions; and indicates an approximate time-history record of the evolution of particles before or during the course of fires and explosions, or other onerous occurances.