NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ATMOSPHERES.  PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF A TOTAL HYDROCARBON ANALYZER.

Johnson, J. E.; Umstead, M. E.; Smith, W. D.

NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ATMOSPHERES. PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT OF A TOTAL HYDROCARBON ANALYZER.

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Abstract:

An instrument has been developed for the shipboard monitoring of total hydrocarbons in nuclear submarine atmosphere. In addition to hydrocarbons, the instrument also measures methane and Freon-12 and, with a slight modification in operating procedure, Freon-11. The system is based upon a chromatographic technique coupled with a highly sensitive flame ionization detector. An air sample is injected into a chromatographic column and chromatographed in the usual manner until the methane and Freon-12 peaks emerge. At this point, the flow of carrier gas is reversed and the higher hydrocarbons are backflushed from the column through the detector as a single peak. The area under the backflushed peak provides a measure of the total hydrocarbon content of the atmosphere. The principles on which the instrument is based have been successfully tested at sea aboard the U.S.S. SCULPIN. Author

Author(s):

Johnson, J. E. ; Umstead, M. E. ; Smith, W. D.

Author Organization(s):

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Annotation:

Shipboard monitoring of total hydrocarbons in nuclear submarine atmospheres.

Pagination:

0006

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Report Number(s):

NRL-6064

Project Number(s):

WW041, SP89422

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means

Communities of Interest:

No COI(s) Identified

Descriptor(s):

*NUCLEAR POWERED SHIPS, SUBMARINES, MONITORS, INSTRUMENTATION, CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, CARBON COMPOUNDS, DETECTORS

Keyword(s):

HABITABILITY

Report Date:

1964 Jan 30