Patent ID: 11885784
Assignee: LOCI CONTROLS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  E  Y | IPC B  E  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for sampling landfill gas extracted from a landfill and flowing through a pipe comprising a section having at least one gas sampling port, the apparatus comprising:
a sensor chamber;
at least one sensor device disposed in the sensor chamber;
a gas flow passage between the at least one gas sampling port and the at least one sensor device, wherein landfill gas extracted from the landfill is configured to flow from the section of the pipe to the at least one sensor device via the gas flow passage;
at least one fluid knock-out disposed in the gas flow passage and configured to separate at least one fluid from the landfill gas extracted from the landfill flowing from the at least one gas sampling port to the at least one sensor device; and
at least one controller configured to reverse a direction of flow through the at least one fluid knock-out of the at least one fluid separated from the landfill gas extracted from the landfill.