Patent ID: 10436678

Abstract:
A system for on-stream sampling of pressurized process gas such as natural gas or the like, said system optimized for use with pressurized process gas having liquid entrained therein, or otherwise referenced as “wet”. In the preferred embodiment, a probe and method of sampling is contemplated to provide linear sample of fluids from a predetermined of said fluid stream. Further taught is the method of preventing compositional disassociation of a gas sample having entrained liquid utilizing a probe having a passage formed to facilitate capillary action in fluid(s) passing therethrough. The present system further contemplates a heated pressure regulator or adapter formed to thermally engage a heat trace via conducting plates and heat pipes, in order to dispense with the need for an external power source for heating. Finally, the present system further contemplates a vaporizer system or adapter therefore utilizing heat trace heating via conductor plates in lieu of a conventional internal electric-powered heat source.