I am a researcher at the UC Davis MIND institute and the lab needs to mix some gasses in-line prior to dispensing and none of us in the lab are confident we have the right idea. Our lab doesn't have a lot of funding, so we can't afford a normal gas mixer but in my research it seems that these are not actually necessary and I think that mixing in-line shouldn't be too hard.
The lab wants to have a gas mixture of 5% CO2 and 95% Air. The gas is going to constantly blow at a low rate (a few L / min) into a small plastic container (4"x6"x2") that has a 2" diamter hole in the bottom.
I was thinking that all that we needed was to maintain a proper ratio. My idea was to have an air tank set to 95 PSI and a CO2 tank set at 5 PSI and then have the lines merge before reaching the end.
Would this work? Would it be roughly 5% CO2 and 95% air?
The lab wants to have a gas mixture of 5% CO2 and 95% Air. The gas is going to constantly blow at a low rate (a few L / min) into a small plastic container (4"x6"x2") that has a 2" diamter hole in the bottom.
I was thinking that all that we needed was to maintain a proper ratio. My idea was to have an air tank set to 95 PSI and a CO2 tank set at 5 PSI and then have the lines merge before reaching the end.
Would this work? Would it be roughly 5% CO2 and 95% air?