Inventors:
Ralph E. Williams - Denver CO
Larry L. Brown - Denver CO
Robert P. Marchese - Lakewood CO
Philip A. Russell - Denver CO
James A. Armstrong - Denver CO
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Washington DC
International Classification:
G01W 108, G01N 1506
Abstract:
A portable, remote controlled air sampler for measuring the solid, liquid, and gaseous emissions from sources such as a fossil fuel power plant, or ambient air. The sampler comprises a pump operated suction head movably mounted on a guide means for sucking a sample of air through a selected portion of an air filter strip, a motor operated translating means for translating the suction head along the guide means, and a radio operated, remote control system for selectively actuating the translating means and suction head. The preferred embodiment of the sampler is sufficiently lightweight to be suspended from a buoyant balloon six feet in diameter or less, or having a gas capacity of 115 cubic feet or less.