SK5823Y1 - Mobile laboratory - Google Patents

Abstract

Mobile laboratory especially to identify the particular components of contamination and/or to identify the suspect material with the technological section (2) and laboratory section (3) is placed in a dimension standardized container (4), preferably ISO 1C, with standard external contacting element for the handling and transportation. Laboratory section (3) is gas-tight with gas-tight closable passage includes space for stay of attendance and a mobile laboratory is equipped with air-conditioning filtering device (1). Filtering ventilation device (1) with a distribution is optional pressurized or vacuum to surrounding pressure of container (4) to provide the required pressure gradient, which prevents unwanted flow of air with any contaminants. For the service management functions of technology section for processing and storing of measured values is the laboratory equipped with a computer element with software. This may be linked to communication element. The mobile laboratory includes in a preferred arrangement also own electric generator, preferably as a carryable element and a telescopic and lifting device for handling with elements of the laboratory.

Description

The technical solution concerns a mobile laboratory mainly for the identification of contamination components from environmental samples and for the identification of suspicious material, while the mobile laboratory is able to work autonomously using its own energy sources.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are several kits of laboratory measuring instruments that are used to detect environmental contamination and to detect components of suspected material samples. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of unknown chemical, biological resp. radiation contamination shall be carried out on samples of suspected material received or on samples taken from the environment likely to be chemical, biological, resp. radiation attack, mostly at the preliminary and confirmatory identification level, for example in accordance with AEP-10. Standardized procedures for detecting and verifying components are described in the literature and are also subject to military standards. Laboratory measurements shall be carried out under stable laboratory conditions or with the aid of instruments carried in cars.

Systems are known which include an automobile with a superstructure adapted to carry the necessary laboratory equipment, whereby the operator must be protected against possible chemical, biological or radiological environmental hazards by personal protective equipment. The fixed connection of the laboratory equipment cabinet to the car chassis predetermines the possibilities and restrictions of the transport of such a mobile laboratory. In the context of global security risks, it is difficult to predict in advance what mode of transport will be the most advantageous from a tactical and logistical point of view. In the case of transport over long distances, for example by plane, the transport of the whole laboratory including the car chassis will be disadvantageous.

A solution is required that provides the operator with a high level of safety and comfort while guaranteeing the mobility and autonomy of the laboratory in a diverse environment with a variety of risks. The solution should be suitable to support ground-based military operations, at the same time, be applicable to RCHB terrorist threats and perform tasks related to the elimination of the consequences of contamination following industrial plant disasters or contamination resulting from natural disasters. In a preferred embodiment, the laboratory system should also support the control of the efficiency of pure decontamination, the control of the efficiency of the decontamination agents, and be able to analyze and investigate water.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The aforementioned deficiencies are substantially eliminated by the mobile laboratory, in particular for the identification of contamination components and / or for the identification of suspect material, where the mobile laboratory comprises measuring instruments and / or measuring devices according to the present invention, which consists in the laboratory section is located in a standardized transport container. The container has outside and outside the prescribed locations connecting and handling elements for handling and transporting the container. The separation of the mobile laboratory from the drive chassis provides a variety of transport options and also allows the storage of the container without the carrier, e.g. chassis. The mobile laboratory according to this technical solution can be handled by standard and widely used technical means, e.g. side loader, special suspension arm and handling equipment in air, sea and land ports. The container can be transported by boat, airplane, rail, truck, and its transportation is inconspicuous and does not cause concern to the surrounding population.

The technology section contains elements for the energy and material supply of the laboratory section and elements for ensuring the functionality and safety of the laboratory section of the container.

At least the laboratory section of the container is gas-tight, hermetically sealed and is provided with at least one hermetically sealable passage. The laboratory section also includes room for the operator of measuring instruments and / or equipment. In terms of space requirements for instrumentation, operator space and taking into account the necessary scope of the technology section and logistic conditions of the armed forces, it will be advantageous if the container is of the ISO 1C series. The mobile laboratory is equipped with an air-conditioning filter-ventilation device with wiring, with at least one wiring intended to ensure the operator's breathing in the laboratory section. This arrangement ensures a safe stay of the operator in the laboratory section of the container.

The air-conditioning filter-ventilation system with manifolds is optionally overpressure or underpressure against the ambient pressure of the container. Depending on the situation, it is thus possible to adjust the pressure in the container in two alternatives as required during deployment. If the environment is contaminated, for example when it is used in a contaminated area, the air-conditioning filter-ventilation device achieves an overpressure in the container,

EN 5823 Υ1 especially in the laboratory section to prevent contaminated air from entering the container. The cleaned, filtered air blown into the interior of the container at this setting, when opening the passages as well as potentially disrupting the gas-tightness of the sections, causes the air to flow out of the container. An advantage of the present invention is that the air-conditioning filter-ventilation device is also capable of providing a vacuum mode in the internal sections of the laboratory. This mode is suitable for processing suspicious, dangerous samples in a mobile laboratory located in a clean ambient environment. Underpressure inside the container prevents any dangerous substances from escaping from inside the container into the environment. This way of working will be typical when examining suspected suspect samples.

Analytical instruments have their own control and evaluation elements, the output of which is the individual data, respectively. a single set of collected data. The mobile laboratory comprises a computer element with software for processing and storing the measured values and for controlling the operation functions of the technology section, the computer element being connected to the control and evaluation elements of the individual measuring instruments and / or devices.

From the viewpoint of simplified transmission of the measured results, it is advantageous if the mobile laboratory includes a communication element connected to a computer element for sending the measured values and results to a remote location, mostly to a central staff location.

The mobile laboratory shall have a laboratory section divided into at least two parts. The inlet-outlet part has a gas-tight closable door for controlled entry from outside to the container and vice versa also for exit from the laboratory. A decontamination device is located in the inlet-outlet part. This will take the form, in particular, of a decontamination bath with controls for carrying out, preferably, the decontamination of persons and small material intended to ensure the operation of the laboratory. Door control prevents unintended access to the mobile lab. The entry into the decontamination area in both directions is controlled and secured by the locking device against unwanted manipulation and uncontrolled entry. At the same time, the door prevents contaminants from entering the laboratory and vice versa. The input-output part is followed by the analytical part of the laboratory through a controlled passage.

In a preferred embodiment, and particularly in the chemical type of laboratory, the laboratory section has a portion of the preliminary analysis and a subsequent portion of the confirmatory analysis. Part of the preliminary analysis is equipped with instruments and / or devices for the preparation of samples for analysis and a part of the confirmatory analysis is equipped with devices and / or devices for determining the analysis of the samples examined.

When working with a mobile laboratory, it is appropriate if the material, e.g. the samples can be transported to the laboratory section outside the main entrance, which is dimensionally adapted to the human figure. For this purpose, a material passage can be used in a preferred arrangement for transferring the material through the outer wall of the container to the laboratory section outside the inlet-outlet section. The material passage has a certain space requirement in the installation of the container, which should be solved so that in the working position the material passage channel protrudes from the container. From the outside, the material culvert is removable, at least in the part exceeding the prescribed plan of the container, so that after dismantling the marginal dimensions and shape of the container do not violate the relevant standard for transport containers.

The air-conditioning filter-ventilation equipment will normally be located in the technological section, which also includes the water management decontamination, power switchboard, distribution of technical gases. Water management is used to rinse people and objects in the decontamination zone. The power switchboard provides distribution and regulation of the electrical supply of the devices and equipment in the container, either from the connected source or from its own power supply. Technical gas distribution systems are used to supply the required technical gases to equipment and installations.

In order to achieve energy independence, it is advantageous if the technology section includes an electric generator. This can be designed as a profitable element placed during transport in the container space and located in the working position outside the container space. Bringing the generator away from the container prevents the transmission of vibrations and noise caused by the internal combustion engine driving the generator. In addition, it is advantageous if the container is equipped with spare power sources with rechargeable accumulators and a voltage converter to bridge the short-term power failure. The mobile laboratory can be powered in two basic alternatives, from a connected external power supply 400 V 50 Hz / 230 V 50 Hz or autonomously from its own generator.

In order to provide compressed air for the laboratory section, it is suitable that the mobile laboratory has an air compressor, preferably oil-free, in the technology section, in order to achieve a high purity of compressed air without oil particles. Similar to the power generator, the air compressor can be designed as a yield element, which in working form is located outside the container space. The electric generator as well as the compressor will be connected to the technological section by appropriate lines.

In order to bring the profitable elements out of the technological compartment of the container, the container may be equipped with a lifting and withdrawing device, which facilitates the deployment of the mobile laboratory to the working position.

SK 5823 Υ1

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The technical solution is explained in more detail with the aid of Figures 1 to 5. Figure 1 is an external perspective view of a container with a mobile laboratory, the outer contours of the container being indicated by a dotted line. The container is placed on a wheeled vehicle equipped with a handling mechanism for loading and unloading the container. Fixing and handling elements are visible in the corners of the container.

Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of the container in partial view broken down into sections and portions.

Figure 3 is an exterior view of the technology section after opening the two wings located on the front of the container.

Figure 4 shows an internal view of part of the preliminary analysis with some instruments.

Figure 5 is an internal view of a portion of a confirmatory analysis with some instruments, displays, and a built-in computer network distribution for collecting and evaluating information from measuring instruments and devices.

Example

This example describes a mobile laboratory of the chemical species MICHL, which is designed to identify components of a chemical contamination. The mobile laboratory is built into a welded container 4 of the ISO 1C series with appropriate anchors and fasteners according to the standard. The mobile laboratory has two basic sections - technology section 2 and laboratory section 3.

The technological section 2 contains elements for the energy and material supply of the laboratory section 3 and elements for ensuring the functionality and safety of the laboratory section of the container 4. It is equipped with insulated portal entrance doors on the front of the container and left and right side doors. The space of the technology section 2 is in this example thermally insulated by special thermal insulation panels.

The technological section 2 has an air-conditioning filter device 1 capable of operating in both overpressure and underpressure modes with regulation of air preheating. This section also provides filtered air to the oil-free air compressor. The air supply to the filter-ventilation device 1 is exclusively located on the top of the container 4 via a removable suction chimney, thus preventing dust and sand from being sucked from the ground surface.

Technology section 2 has water management of the decontamination chamber, air-oil-free compressor, air-conditioning systems for dependent breathing of the operator in laboratory section 3, technical gas distribution ensuring the operation of special instruments and equipment for the analytical part of the laboratory. 230 V / 50 Hz power supplies, 24 V DC power rectifier, 400 V 50 Hz / 230 V 50 Hz / 24 V DC main power switchboard, and lifting and withdrawing equipment for handling the generator and air compressor.

Front portal doors allow outside access to air conditioning, decontamination chamber water management, oil-free compressor, profitable stand-alone independent generator and 230 V 50 Hz standby power sources. On this door is located engineer tools, radio station material and material for handling the air compressor. The left side door allows access to the inlet and outlet ventilation technologies of the decontamination chamber. The right side door provides access to lift and extend technology for handling power generators and an air oil-free compressor, 400 V / 230 V / 24 V DC main power switchboard, 24 V DC energy rectifier, gas pressure cylinders, and gas media devices. On this door is placed small tools mechanic, engineer container.

The actual skeleton of the laboratory section 3 of the container 4 is made in a hermetic design, the jacket is formed by welding of profiled trapezoidal sheets along the perimeter of the container 4, the ceiling is of profiled sheets, the floor is made of straight sheets. Welds are hermetic, gas-tight and are tested for tightness, impermeability by the capillary test method. The actual entrance to the laboratory section 3 of the container 4 is formed by the entrance and passage doors, which are hermetic in design and separate the decontamination space for carrying out the decontamination of persons and material by wet way. The laboratory section 3 is thermally insulated by special thermal insulation panels.

In this example, the laboratory section 3 is divided into three basic sub-parts - the input-output part 5, the preliminary analysis part 6 and the confirmatory analysis part 7. In the case of a radiological laboratory, the laboratory section 3 can be divided into an input-output part 5 and an analytical part. The inlet-outlet part 5 (decontamination chamber) is equipped with a decontamination tub with controls for performing preferably

581 decontamination of persons and small material intended to ensure the operation of the laboratory. The entrance door to the decontamination chamber is located on the right side of the container, the access door separates the decontamination chamber from the preliminary analysis laboratory. The entrance to the decontamination chamber space in both directions is controlled and secured by a blocking device against unwanted manipulation and uncontrolled entry. They also prevent the passage of contaminants into the laboratory and vice versa. Part 6 of the preliminary analysis is located behind the decontamination chamber, the entrance to this space from the decontamination chamber and vice versa is controlled. Apparatus and equipment intended for the preparation of samples for the determination of preliminary and partially confirmatory analysis are located in this space.

The confirmatory analysis section 7 is located immediately after the preliminary analysis section 6, which are separated from each other by a partially dividing wall, without significant door elements or similar bulkheads. Apparatus and equipment designed to determine confirmatory analysis of the samples under examination are located in this space. At the same time, this space is intended for evaluation of measured values of analyzed samples, their processing and transport by means of control and information system with specially created and installed software.

Laboratory section 3 is equipped with analytical instruments, the outputs of which are connected to the central computer element of the laboratory. Laboratory section 3 also includes, in this example, a separate space for safe gas storage accessible from outside the container 4, a separate space for an outdoor air conditioning unit accessible from the outside of container 4, a separate space for accommodating technological support for special devices which is also accessible from the outside of the container 4 and a removable material passage for transporting the collected samples of different kinds of material to the laboratory section 3 of the container 4 and out of the container 4 without the need to transport the collected samples through the decontamination chamber. In the laboratory section 3 there is also a separate indoor air-conditioning unit, air-conditioning control unit with regulation of air preheating, and there are also air ducts for air distribution in the overpressure and underpressure air regimes in the laboratory section 3 of container 4 for spherical breathing Depending on the respiratory protection provided by the operator of the laboratory section 3 of the container. In this example of a mobile chemical laboratory, laboratory section 3 has a technical gas pipeline for the operation of special laboratory instruments and equipment, water management of the laboratory part of the laboratory, storage, cooling and transport of samples and auxiliary materials and laboratory furniture made exclusively from stainless material resistant to decontamination solutions .

The mobile laboratory also has a container control and measurement computer 4 with an integrated computer network distribution for collecting and evaluating information from the built-in special devices and equipment in the laboratory section 3 of the container. It is mainly the collection of information, its evaluation, processing and transport by radio, LAN and telephone.

Transmission of information phonically and data is provided by a communication element with a radio station. The control and information system of the mobile laboratory according to this example is supported by specially designed and installed software to control the data flow of detected, measured and evaluated values of contamination components of chemical, biological and radiation nature.

The floor of the laboratory section 3 in this example is made entirely of a non-conductive material in an antistatic design.

Industrial usability

Industrial applicability is obvious. According to this technical solution, it is possible to produce and use mobile laboratories with a high degree of variability of use, while the use of a container as a carrier of the laboratory provides the possibility of using various modes of transport.

Claims (15)

Mobile laboratory, in particular for the identification of contamination components and / or for the identification of suspect material, where the mobile laboratory comprises measuring instruments and / or measuring equipment, characterized in that the mobile laboratory with the technology section (2) and the laboratory section (3) is located in a dimensionally standardized container (4) with external fasteners for handling and transport, the laboratory section (3) being gas-tight with a gas-tight closable passage, including a space for the operator of measuring instruments and / or equipment and a mobile laboratory equipped with an air conditioning filter ( 1) with wiring, wherein at least one wiring is intended to provide operator breathing in the laboratory section (3). Mobile laboratory according to claim 1, characterized in that the container (4) is of the ISO 1C series. SK 5823 Yl Mobile laboratory according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the air-conditioning filter-ventilation device (1) with distributions is optionally overpressure or underpressure against the ambient pressure of the container (4). Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it comprises a computer element with software for processing and storing the measured values and for controlling the operation functions of the technology section (2), the computer element being connected to the control elements of the individual measuring devices. and / or equipment. Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it comprises a communication element, preferably connected to a computer element for sending measured values and results. Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the laboratory section (3) has an inlet-outlet part (5) with a gas-tight closing door for controlled entry and exit from and to the outside of the container (4). a decontamination device, preferably in the form of a decontamination bath, is placed in the inlet-outlet part (5), and the inlet-outlet part (5) is connected to the inlet-outlet part (5) via a controlled passage through an analytical part of the laboratory. Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the laboratory section (3) has a pre-analysis part (6) and a follow-up part (7) confirming the analysis. Mobile laboratory according to claim 7, characterized in that the pre-analysis part (6) is equipped with the apparatus and / or the sample preparation apparatus for analysis and the confirmatory analysis part (7) is equipped with the apparatus and / or the apparatus for determining the analysis of the samples examined. . Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that, in the laboratory section (3), the material passageway for conveying material through the outer wall of the container (4) is outside the inlet-outlet part (5). Mobile laboratory according to claim 9, characterized in that the material passage is removable from the outside, at least in a part exceeding the prescribed plan view of the container (4). Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the air-conditioning filter-ventilation device (1) is located in the technology section (2), which also contains the water management of the decontamination, the power distributor and the distribution of technical gases. Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the technological section (2) comprises an electric generator, preferably as a yield element located during transport in the container space (4) and located in a working position outside the container space (4). . Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that it comprises a spare power source with rechargeable accumulators and a voltage converter. Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the process section (2) comprises an air compressor, preferably oil-free, to provide compressed air for the lab section (3). Mobile laboratory according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that the technological section (2) comprises a lifting and withdrawing device for handling the elements of the laboratory.