Methods and apparatus for detection of air ingress into cryogen vessels

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PATENT NO 8418534
APP PUB NO 20100199765A1
SERIAL NO

12702484

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In an apparatus and a method for detecting deposition of solid frost caused by air ingress into a cryogen vessel, a quartz crystal microbalance, that includes a crystal sensor, is placed within the cryogen vessel, and an actuating circuit actuates resonance of the crystal sensor, and detection equipment detects a change in the resonant characteristics of the crystal sensor caused by frost deposition on the crystal sensor, and signaling equipment indicates the detected change.

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SIEMENS PLCBRITISH SURREY'S

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Retz, Patrick William Witney, GB 10 33

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