Infrared gas detector with secondary sensor
AssigneeInficon GmbH
InventorsJohan Hellgren, Henrik Vennerberg, Fredrik Enquist
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Abstract
Infrared gas detection system comprising a gas inlet, an infrared gas analyzer connected to the gas inlet and a secondary gas sensor connected to the gas inlet, and an evaluation device evaluating the measurement signals from both the infrared gas analyzer and from the secondary gas sensor, such that a gas is identified only if both the infrared measurement signal and the secondary measurement signal coincide in time.
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A method for detecting gas components analyzed by an infrared gas analyzer and a secondary gas sensor, comprising detecting an analyzed gas component as a specific gas component only, by evaluating when the measurement signals of both the infrared gas analyzer and the secondary gas sensor coincide with said gas component or coincide in time, wherein a measurement signal of the secondary gas sensor is employed for detection of the specific gas component only, by evaluating when a measurement signal of an infrared sensor of the infrared gas analyzer is below a predetermined threshold, and wherein the predetermined threshold is an electrical signal amplitude corresponding to a specific acceleration measured by the infrared sensor.
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