Patent ID: 9546929
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. The method of sampling a gas stream having entrained liquid therein in a pipeline, comprising the steps of: a. providing a housing having a length and a width, and an opening formed through the wall of said pipeline, so as to provide access to said gas stream having liquid entrained therein; b. extending from said housing first and second spaced plates into said gas stream from said housing, said first and second spaced plates oriented so as to allow said gas stream to pass therebetween in relatively unobstructed fashion to minimize flow disturbance, providing isokinetic flow therebetween; c. extending from said housing a container having an open bottom formed to envelope said first plate and engage said second plate, so as to contain a fluid sample of said gas stream between said first and second plates, providing a contained fluid sample; d. simultaneously retracting into said housing said container and said first and second plates enveloping said fluid sample into said housing, while maintaining said contained fluid sample therein.