Patent ID: 9592543
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B09B,E21B,E21F,G01V

Claim:
1. A handheld portable monitor configured for periodic well field testing to enable a user to test a plurality of different landfill wells one at a time and configured for measuring a plurality of properties of fluid flowing in each of the tested landfill wells, said handheld portable monitor configured to enable the user to easily and conveniently carry said handheld portable monitor to a testing site of the landfill well to be tested, said handheld portable monitor having a total weight of less than 20 pounds and a total volume of less than 500 cubic inches, said handheld portable monitor including a plurality of connectors that enable at least a portion of said handheld portable monitor to be removably connected to the landfill well to be tested and then disconnected from the tested landfill well and then later connected to another landfill well to be tested, said handheld portable monitor including a sensor arrangement to obtain and to measure said plurality of properties of said fluid flowing in the tested landfill well, said sensor arrangement including at least one pressure sensor and at least one chemical analyzer, said handheld portable monitor including a heating system to heat at least one component of said sensor arrangement of said handheld portable monitor selected from the group consisting of said at least one pressure sensor and said at least one chemical analyzer, said plurality of properties of said fluid flowing in the tested landfill well to be measured including two or more properties selected from the group consisting of well pressure, well temperature, LEL, UEL, well fluid composition, and composition ratio, said heating system including a microprocessor, a thermocouple and a heating element, said microprocessor activating said heating element when said microprocessor obtains information from said thermocouple that a temperature detected by said thermocouple is at or below a predefined low level temperature, wherein said handheld portable monitor includes G.P.S. software and hardware for obtaining G.P.S. coordinates for the tested landfill well.