US 11,835,432 B2
Fluid composition sensor device and method of using the same
Adam Dewey McBrady, Dallas, TX (US); and Stephan Michael Bork, Murphy, TX (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/080,344.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128447 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 15/0606 (2013.01) [G01N 15/0227 (2013.01); G01N 15/0618 (2013.01); G01N 15/0625 (2013.01); G01N 15/082 (2013.01); G01N 15/1475 (2013.01); G01N 33/0004 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1402 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for detecting fluid particle characteristics comprising:
a fluid composition sensor comprising:
a housing configured to support a collection media for capturing one or more particles of a plurality of particles within a volume of fluid passing through at least a portion of the housing;
a pump to move the volume of fluid through the at least a portion of the housing and across at least a portion of the collection media;
an imaging device configured to capture an image of at least a portion of one or more particles captured by the collection media; and
a controller comprising a particle matter mass concentration calculation circuitry configured to determine one or more particle loading conditions of at least a portion of the one or more particles captured by the collection media based at least in part on the image captured by the imaging device, wherein the controller is configured to adjust an operation of the pump based at least in part on at least one of the one or more particle loading conditions of the at least a portion of the one or more particles captured by the collection media;
wherein the one or more particle loading conditions correspond to the particle matter mass of the one or more particles captured by the collection media.