Patent ID: 9599549
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B01D,G01N

Claim:
1. A test system for a water retention device, the system comprising: a test pipe including a mount section for holding the water retention device to be tested; an injector to inject, upstream of the mount section, an air flow loaded with at least one of dust and droplets of water; a first plurality of sensors for determining a distribution of sizes of the at least one of the dust and water particles, and a quantity of water upstream of the mount section; a second plurality of sensors, downstream of the mount section, for determining a distribution of sizes of the at least one of the dust and water particles, and a quantity of water retained in the mount section; and a calculator receiving the measured distribution of dust and water from the at least one of the plurality of sensors to determine therefrom a dust and water retention level in the water retention device.