Sample system design and diaphragm pumps

✍ Scribed by Dan Martin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 166 KB
• Volume: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0262-1762
• DOI: 10.1016/s0262-1762(08)70066-x

✦ Synopsis

The design of sampling systems can be influenced by many factors, including cost, size, maintenance needs, source conditions and analyser requirements. Dan Martin, of diaphragm pump manufacturer Air Dimensions, discusses several common aspects of sample system design, taking into account the operating characteristics of a diaphragm pump, and choices that will improve system performance, lessen measurement errors and reduce pump maintenance.

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ample system design can take many forms, influenced by factors including cost, size, maintenance, source conditions and analyser requirements -to mention a few. Illustrated here are a few techniques that are commonly used in many sampling systems; this list is not complete, but serves as an introduction to the topic of system design.