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ROLSI Success Story

Technical Report · January 2009

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1067.7204

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 ROLSI™ Success Story

The story began in 1985;

1985 the first report presenting the application of first
patented model was
as published
publish in 1986: S. Laugier, D. Richon.. New apparatus
to perform fast determinations of mixture vapor-liquid
vapor liquid equilibria up to 10
MPa and 423 K. Rev. Sci.
i. Instrum., 57, 469-472
469 (1986).

Continuous improvment has been achieved all along the series of ROLSI and
all of theirr modifications.

ROLSI I
This model was developed to perform VLE measurements in a large range
ange of temperatures
and pressures. The main purposes were:

- 1 to extract representative
samples of small sizes (less than 1
Stems
mg) not to disturb studied equilibria
Capillaries Springs and consistent with GC analyses.

- 2 not to disturb thermal

equilibrium inside equilibrium cell
which can be operated at low
temperatures while liquid samples
need high temperatures to be
Masses
vaporized.

The successful use of this

instrument allowed publishing several new accurate data in international journals with
peer- reviewing.

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 We see on the left picture
the two stems allowing
sealing of the two capillaries
through strong springs.
Expansion chambers
chambe are
heated, for convenient
vaporization of liquid
samples, through a wounded
heating resistance.
esistance. To take
samples the masses, visible
on the right part of the
photo, are manually moved
quickly to achieve a shock
displacing slightly the stems
and consequently allowing samplings. Just above, we see a photo of the sampling system
connected to an equilibrium cell.

The picture on the left corresponds

to another design of the ROLSI I
sampler.

The main problem with the ROLSI I

versions is that the size of
withdrawn samples highly depends
on how the masses are handled by
operators.

ROLSI II
The Rolsi II was designed to make easier
Lever the samplings by using levers that can be
moved within two ajustable stopping
bounds. Sealing is still achieved though
stems pushed against capillaries with
strong springs.

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 Levers
Spring

ROLSI™ III

Bellows Stem with nose entering capillary

ROLSI ™ III is major improvement

allowing monitoring through compressed air. This latter acts on the bellows to push the
stem against the capillary achieving perfect sealing.
sealing

By reducing
cing pressure of compressed air, the bellows moves back allowing opening of
capillary and flowing of sample into expansion
exp chamber. Samples sizes are easily adjusted
through the stroke of the belows controlled by one differential screw,
screw and by time of
reduction
ction of compressed air pressure,
pres controlled by accurate timers.

Two ROLSI ™ III valves, have been used at the university

university of Karlsruhe to withdraw samples
from an equilibrium cell working with supercritical water (operationg conditions of the
two ROLSI™ III valves were 100 MPa and 873 K).
K

However ROLSI™ III valves have important drawback concerning safety conditions: if
pressurizing circuit fails, the ROLSI ™ III valve opens. This is why we decided to work on the
next ROLSI™ generation,
neration, an electromagnetic one,one, which is normally closed if not powered.

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64-69-49-65 3
Fax : 33-(1)-64-69-49-68 ; E-mail
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dominique.richon@mines http://www.mines-paristch.fr
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ROLSI™ IV
ROLSI™ IV (see www.rolsi.com) is
the last generation developed by
TEP. However,
owever, we are already
working on a modified
m version of
ROLSI™ IV that will allow
withdrawing
ithdrawing samples at high
pressures (up to 140 MPa and high
temperatures (up to 800 K) for
various components that can be
corrosive and/or toxic.
toxic

Currently, ROLSI™ IV can be used up

to 530 K and 600 MPa when samples
s
are free of water. When samples are water containing, the operating limits are reduced to
480 K and 20 MPa.

Just above is internal representation of electromagnetic ROLSI™ IV

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64-69-49-65 4
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 Below are the mains versions of ROLSI samplers.

Besides broad applications of ROLSI samplers for VLE, VLLE and also SLE and SLVE
measurements,, it has been used as injector-atomizer
injector (V.
V. De Stefani, A. Baba-Ahmed,
Baba D.
Richon, Experimental determination of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide co-solubility
co in
liquid oxygen. Fluid Phase Equilib., 207, 131-142,
131 (2003)) and is under development for
being connected online to mass spectrometers.
spectrometers

ROLSI samplers have been already sold in 15 countries.. It will be commercialized by two
companies: EIF and Alpha-MOS
MOS, starting January 2010
10 after getting its ATEX qualification.

CEP/TEP, 35 rue St Honoré, 77305 Fontainebleau, General Phone : 33 (1) 64 69 47 00, Direct Phone : 33-(1)-64
64-69-49-65 5
Fax : 33-(1)-64-69-49-68 ; E-mail
mail : dominique.richon@mines-paristech.fr;
dominique.richon@mines http://www.mines-paristch.fr
paristch.fr

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