14C testing bottle, testing device and method, sampling and preparation system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10690784-B2
Application number	US-201715858523-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2017
Priority date	Nov 20, 2017
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

A 14C testing bottle, a 14C testing device, a 14C testing method, a sampling and preparation system and its implementation method are provided. The 14C testing bottle includes a pressure-bearing shell and a sample bin positioned in the pressure-bearing shell. A cavity is arranged in the sample bin and the 14C testing bottle is provided with an injection port connected to the cavity. The sample bin may diffuse the light produced in the cavity and at least part of the sample bin is transparent. An optical fiber channel is set on the pressure-bearing shell. One end of the optical fiber channel is connected with an external scintillation counter, and the other end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the transparent part of the sample bin. The 14C testing bottle may measure the 14C content in the carbon dioxide sample rapidly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A 14 C testing bottle comprising:
a pressure-bearing shell;
a sample bin positioned in the pressure-bearing shell, wherein at least part of the sample bin is transparent;
a cavity arranged in the sample bin, wherein, the sample bin diffuses light produced in the cavity;
an injection port connected to the cavity; and
an optical fiber channel set on the pressure-bearing shell, wherein one end of the optical fiber channel is connectable with a scintillation counter and the other end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the transparent part of the sample bin.

2. The 14 C testing bottle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the transparent part of the sample bin is coated with a diffuse reflection coating on its outer surface; or
the sample bin comprises a body and a transparent sheet embedded in the body; and the body has an inner wall which diffuses light generated in the body.

3. The 14 C testing bottle according to claim 1 , wherein:
an insulation layer is arranged between the pressure-bearing shell and the sample bin;
a cover seals the injection port via threads;
the 14 C testing bottle further comprising an air hole, wherein the air hole passes through the pressure-bearing shell and the sample bin, and a screw or a rubber plug seals the air hole;
a sensor comprising a wire rod is arranged in the cavity, and the wire rod is connected to an external terminal through the air hole; and
the cavity is spherical or cylindrical.

4. A 14 C testing device comprising:
an optical fiber,
a scintillation counter and
a 14 C testing bottle comprising:
a pressure-bearing shell;
a sample bin positioned in the pressure-bearing shell, wherein at least part of the sample bin is transparent;
a cavity arranged in the sample bin, wherein, the sample bin diffuses light produced in the cavity;
an injection port connected to the cavity; and
an optical fiber channel set on the pressure-bearing shell, wherein one end of the optical fiber channel is connectable with the scintillation counter and the other end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the transparent part of the sample bin;

wherein, one end of the optical fiber is inserted into the optical fiber channel, and the other end of the optical fiber is connected to the scintillation counter.

5. A 14 C testing method comprising:
providing a 14 C testing device to perform the testing method, wherein the 14 C testing device comprises:
an optical fiber;
a scintillation counter;
a pressure-bearing shell;
a sample bin positioned in the pressure-bearing shell, wherein at least part of the sample bin is transparent;
a cavity arranged in the sample bin, wherein, the sample bin diffuses light produced in the cavity;
an injection port connected to the cavity; and
an optical fiber channel set on the pressure-bearing shell, wherein one end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the scintillation counter and the other end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the transparent part of the sample bin;

a mixing step comprising: mixing up liquid carbon dioxide or supercritical carbon dioxide and a scintillator in the 14 C testing bottle, then setting it in a dark condition for a preset standing time; and
a counting step comprising: inserting one end of the optical fiber into the optical fiber channel of the 14 C testing bottle, connecting the other end of the optical fiber to the scintillation counter, and then starting counting.

6. The 14 C testing method according to claim 5 , further comprising the following step before the mixing step:
pretreatment step: pre-treating the carbon dioxide into liquid or supercritical state;
wherein, if the carbon dioxide is pretreated into liquid state, the mixing ratio of the liquid carbon dioxide and the scintillator is from 10:1 to 100:1(volume ratio) during the mixing step;
if the carbon dioxide is pretreated into supercritical state, the mixing ratio of supercritical carbon dioxide and scintillator is from 0.16 L/g to 0.4 L/g(volume mass ratio).

7. The 14 C testing method according to claim 5 , wherein the standing time is 2 to 5 hours.

8. A sampling and preparation system used for calculating a blending ratio of a coal and biomass co-fired power station, comprising:
a sampling pipe connectable with a boiler flue of a co-fired power station, wherein the sampling pipe comprises the following elements sequentially arranged from an end close to the boiler flue to another end away from the boiler flue:
a filtering device, a mass flow controller, a carbon dioxide trap and a pumping device;
wherein the sampling and preparation system further comprises a carbon dioxide transferring device; and
a 14 C testing device comprising:
an optical fiber;
a scintillation counter;
a pressure-bearing shell;
a sample bin positioned in the pressure-bearing shell, wherein at least part of the sample bin is transparent;
a cavity arranged in the sample bin, wherein, the sample bin diffuses light produced in the cavity;
an injection port connected to the cavity; and
an optical fiber channel set on the pressure-bearing shell, wherein one end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the scintillation counter and the other end of the optical fiber channel is connected with the transparent part of the sample bin;

wherein the carbon dioxide transferring device is arranged to transfer carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide trap into the 14 C testing device, and the 14 C testing device is arranged to measure 14 C in the carbon dioxide.

9. The sampling and preparation system according to claim 8 , wherein the filtering device comprises the following sequentially connected units:
a preposition dust filter, a dryer and a postposition dust filter;
wherein a cold trap is arranged between the mass flow controller and the carbon dioxide trap, and wherein a temperature of the cold trap ranges from minus 40 degrees Celsius to minus 60 degrees Celsius.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Luo Zhongyang
• Tang Yuxing
• Yu Chunjiang
• Fang Mengxiang
• Wang Qinhui
• Wang Tao

Classifications

• G01T1/204 Primary

  the detector being a liquid · CPC title

• G01T7/02

  Collecting means for receiving or storing samples to be investigated {and possibly directly transporting the samples to the measuring arrangement; particularly for investigating radioactive fluids (sampling, preparing specimens for investigation in general G01N1/00, G01N1/02; shielded cells or rooms structurally combined with manipulatin devices G21F; measuring of chromatographically separated samples G01N30/00 - G01N30/96)} · CPC title

• G01T7/00

  Details of radiation-measuring instruments · CPC title

• G01N21/76

  Chemiluminescence; Bioluminescence · CPC title

• G01T1/2002 Primary

  Optical details, e.g. reflecting or diffusing layers · CPC title