Patent ID: 11933734
Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A flow cell system comprising:
a vessel;
a fluid located in the vessel;
a fluid surface of the fluid vented to a first gas pressure, the fluid surface having a first cross-sectional area; and
a conduit in fluid communication with the vessel and positioned downstream of the vessel, the conduit having a region with a second cross-sectional area and comprising one or more orifices;
wherein the second cross-sectional area is less than the first cross-sectional areas;
wherein the one or more orifices are vented to a second gas pressure, the second gas pressure is equal to or greater than the first gas pressure;
wherein a first side of the one or more orifices and a first side of a wall of the conduit are exposed to an interior of the conduit;
wherein a second side of the wall of the conduit is exposed to an exterior of the conduit, the second side of the wall of the conduit disposed opposite the first side of the wall of the conduit;
wherein a second side of the one or more orifices is exposed to the exterior of the conduit, the second side of the one or more orifices disposed opposite the first side of the one or more orifices; and
wherein the exterior of the conduit is in fluid communication with the interior of the conduit.