Patent ID: 7947112

Claim:
A method for degassing a fluid, said method comprising: (a) providing a degassing system having a degassing module and a fluid pump apparatus including a fluid reservoir; (b) operating said fluid pump apparatus in a discontinuous mode involving one or more discrete pumping cycles between each discontinuity, said one or more discrete pumping cycles having a first cycle time; (c) calibrating said fluid pump apparatus to deliver a predetermined volume of said fluid from said fluid reservoir during each of said pumping cycles; (d) obtaining degassing characteristics including fluid identification and initial gas concentration in said fluid at said fluid reservoir; (e) configuring said degassing module based upon said degassing characteristics and to operably remove gas from said fluid to an extent sufficient to render said predetermined fluid volume to a predetermined maximum gas concentration upon the expiration of a period of time that is substantially equal to said first cycle time, said degassing module being fluidly coupled to said fluid pump apparatus; and (f) causing said fluid pump apparatus to transport said fluid through said degassing system.