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7614280 Quantitative fit test system and method for assessing respirator biological fit factors  
A quantitative fit test (QNFT) system and method for assessing the biological fit factor (FF) performance of respiratory protective devices. The biological QNFT system includes the following three...
7614279 Determination of pore structure characteristics of filtration cartridges as a function of cartridge length  
A method for determining pore structure characteristics of a filtration cartridge includes the steps of placing a porometry test location isolating device in sealing contact with the filtration...
7603252 Method and apparatus for calculating effective volume of diesel particulate filter  
A method for calculating the effective volume of a diesel particulate filter invention may include: determining whether regeneration efficiency exists; determining, if regeneration efficiency...
7594425 Methods and systems for integrity testing of porous materials  
The invention relates to integrity testing of porous material using a plurality of gases and to an apparatus and system for performing the same.
7592178 Filter integrity tester  
An apparatus and method for testing the integrity of a filter under humid conditions is provided. The apparatus includes an injection assembly which is located on a first side of the filter and a...
7591200 Method of detecting high-concentration region direction of pollutant in soil  
A recovery phenomenon in which the concentration of a compound to be measured in soil increases again after reducing the concentration is utilized for changing the distribution state of the...
7587927 Rapid integrity testing of porous materials  
The invention relates to a rapid recirculation based integrity testing of porous material and to an apparatus and system for performing the same.
7584061 Device for measuring permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual reverse osmosis membrane elements  
The present disclosure relates to a system comprising an integrated sensor for measurement of permeate flow and permeate conductivity of individual membrane elements while they are in operation in...
7581430 Air velocity apparatus and system  
An apparatus and a system is provided that may be utilized to determine air flow through an air filter and/or a plurality of air filters. The present invention utilizes a demonstration apparatus to...
7578208 System and method for generating a gas sample of known and adjustable relative humidity  
A system and method for providing a destination point with a gas having a selectable known humidity. A gas having an initial relative humidity is alternately directed in accordance with a duty...
7569182 Filter assembly for a reprocessor  
The present invention provides a method of operating a reprocessor that has a chamber for receiving items to be sterilized. The reprocessor is filled with water that has passed through a first and...
7568379 Method of measuring porosity by means of ellipsometry and device for implementing one such method  
The method for measuring the porosity of an element is performed by means of a measuring device comprising a measuring chamber in which the element is disposed, a solvent tank associated with an...
7555934 Fluid permeation testing apparatus employing mass spectrometry  
A fluid permeation testing apparatus provides for filling a first cavity of a test cell with a test fluid and filling a second cavity of the test cell with a challenge fluid. The challenge fluid...
7552620 Fluid permeation testing method employing mass spectrometry  
Fluid permeation testing involves filling a first cavity of a test cell with a test fluid and filling a second cavity of the test cell with a challenge fluid. The challenge fluid comprises at least...
7517693 Method and apparatus for determining a molecular descriptor of absorption for a candidate compound  
A method of determining a molecular descriptor of absorption for a candidate compound is disclosed. The method includes: providing a test solution comprising one or more candidate compounds;...
7469572 Measurement of moisture vapor transfer rate  
Systems and methods include a test media, a reservoir containing fluid, and a sensor compared to measure a parameter that is related to an amount of fluid in the test media. Systems and methods may...
7464582 Method for determining the inlet capillary pressure of a porous medium  
To perform at least an evaluation of the inlet capillary pressure value of a porous medium. From a displacement experiment on a sample of the medium, a curve of the volume of saturating fluid...
7458251 Method for determining solvent permeability of films  
A method is disclosed to measure the permeability of films or coatings towards solvents (e.g. water). First a substrate comprising an absorption or container layer is provided, preferably the...
7430895 Apparatus and method for inspecting quality of molded foam parts  
Apparatus and method is provided for reliably testing a quality level of bead fusion in molded foam parts. Such apparatus may be portable and hand-held, and the test procedure will not destroy or...
7421885 Method for characterizing porous low dielectric constant films  
A method and apparatus for determining pore size distribution and/or the presence of at least one killer pore in at least a portion of a porous film deposited upon a substrate are disclosed herein....
7406857 Electronic humidity chamber for vapor desorption to determine high capillary pressures  
The present invention relates to the use of an electronically controlled humidity chamber with temperature controls: to determine, by vapor desorption, high capillary pressures of core samples; to...
7401501 Method and apparatus for determining liquid absorption of aggregate  
A method of determining liquid absorption of an aggregate comprises providing a shaker apparatus, a vacuum source and a container; placing a sample of the aggregate in the container; adding liquid...
7401499 Apparatus for permeability analysis  
An apparatus for permeability analysis which transmits a testing fluid to the tubular specimen and measures the volume of the testing fluid permeating through the tubular specimen. The apparatus...
7388373 Method of determining the permeability of an underground medium from NMR measurements of the permeability of rock fragments from the medium  
Method of determining the permeability of an underground medium from NMR logs of the permeability of rock fragments from the medium, based on prior calibration of the permeability resulting from...
7384510 Apparatus and method for determining the permeability of a circulating band in a paper machine  
An apparatus and a method for determining the permeability of a circulating band, in particular a water-absorbing dewatering band in a papermaking machine. The apparatus is equipped with a nozzle...
7368053 Membrane zeta potential measuring system  
The present invention discloses a membrane zeta potential measuring system which comprises a first measuring course and a second measuring course. The provided system calculates the zeta potential...
7367218 Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils system  
The present invention includes an apparatus, method and centrifuge permeameter system that includes a hydraulic permeameter adapted for use in a centrifuge; and an automated data acquisition...
7360400 Device, method and computer programme product for carrying out integrity tests on filter elements  
The invention relates to a device for carrying out integrity tests on filter elements by means of test gases, comprising a device housing ( 3 ), with an electronic controller ( 4 ), arranged...
7334490 Method and apparatus for v-bank filter bed scanning  
Embodiments of the invention generally related to a method and apparatus foe scanning a v-bank filter. In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter includes a hollow body having...
7333892 Method of determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium taking account of the local heterogeneity  
A method with application for evaluation or production of a reservoir for determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium such as a rock, from the interpretation of displacement...
7320760 Cleaning efficiency testing method and apparatus for a filter in a filtering system  
A method and an apparatus are provided for testing the efficiency of a cleaning procedure for a filter in a filtering system. After the cleaning procedure of the filter, the filter pores contain a...
7319332 Method for determining of the formation factor for a subterranean deposit from measurements on drilling waste removed therefrom  
Method and device for determining the formation factor of underground zones from drill cuttings. The device comprises a cell ( 1 ) associated with a device for measuring the electrical conductivity...
7284411 Method of making a gas diffusion media and quality controls for same  
The present invention discloses various methods in which a quality of a diffusion media for use in a fuel cell assembly can be qualitatively evaluated. The material constant, an internal contact...
7281422 Method for borehole conductivity profiling  
A method of using an everting borehole liner to perform fluid conductivity measurements in materials surrounding a pipe, tube, or conduit, such as a borehole below the surface of the Earth. A...
7281410 Method for determining an effective peclet number for a membrane adsorber device  
The method for determining an effective Peclet number for a membrane adsorber device includes the steps of (a) equilibrating the membrane adsorber device with an equilibration buffer at a known pH...
7281409 Device, method and computer program product for carrying out integrity tests on filter elements  
The invention relates to a device for carrying out integrity tests on filter elements by means of test gases, comprising a device housing ( 3 ), with an electronic controller ( 4 ), arranged...
7278292 Method of assessing the product shelf life in a package  
A method for the assessment of the product shelf life in a package, and a device for accelerating the permeation of a test gas into a package. To significantly reduce the test time and to...
7257990 Accelerated ultralow moisture permeation measurement  
By measuring ultralow moisture permeation through a barrier material sample at a temperature substantially above ambient, definitive values are produced on an accelerated basis that can be used to...
7257989 Method and device for measuring physical characteristics of a solid porous sample  
A method measures the physical characteristics of at least one solid porous sample (S) saturated with a first fluid by carrying out drainage or imbibition phases, in the presence of a second fluid...
7249491 Apparatus for measuring the permeability of a circulating band in a paper machine  
An apparatus for measuring the permeability of a circulating band, in particular of a dewatering band in a papermaking machine, having a nozzle from which a measuring fluid flows onto the band. In...
7249424 Method and device for controlling the moisture or coating quantity profile in a paper web  
The narrow-scale moisture profile of a paper web is controlled by profiling nozzles ( 11 ) of a profiling device ( 10 ) which cover part of the width of the web and desired variations of the...
7246515 Filtration tester  
A filtration tester has a scale, a collector disposed on the scale, a pump having an outlet aligned with an opening of the collector, and a force sensor connected to the pump.
7219534 Method and apparatus for determining transpiration characteristics of a permeable membrane  
A system and method for measuring the transpirational characteristics of a permeable polymeric membrane, particularly polymeric membranes used for bandages. The polymeric membrane is placed against...
7216529 Method for controlling the integrity of a nanofiltration or reverse osmosis module, or module system  
The invention concerns a method for controlling a nanofiltration or reverse osmosis module system designed for treating a supply fluid or for detecting living micro-organism leaks, each module...
7210335 Automated clamp-on sample chamber for flow porometry and a method of using same  
A sample chamber includes a movable upper chamber. The movable upper chamber includes a center bore opening to a bottom of the chamber, at least one port for introduction of gas under pressure to...
7210334 Device for determining the fineness of mineral fibers  
An apparatus for determining the fineness index of mineral fibers, designed to deliver the micronaire value of fibers. The apparatus includes a device for measuring the fineness index provided with...
7201039 Axial flow scan testable filter system  
A filter system having in-situ scan capabilities is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, the system includes a downstream probe which may be rotated to scan the field of a filter installed...
7178384 Method and apparatus for measuring ultralow permeation  
Method and apparatus for testing ultralow moisture permeation through a sample such as a thin barrier film by exposing one surface of a sample to be tested for moisture permeation to a...
7174770 Method and device for automatic determination of the permeability of a porous material having alternating levels of porosity  
A method and device for using a permeameter comprising a measuring head ( 2 ) opposite which the sheet or strip ( 1 ) is displaced step by step. The method and device can comprise a registration...
7171843 Electronic humidity chamber for vapor desorption to determine high capillary pressures  
The present invention relates to the use of an electronically controlled humidity chamber with temperature controls: to determine, by vapor desorption, high capillary pressures of core samples; to...