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US 10,509,007 B1Granted
Measurement of gases
AssigneeAeroqual Limited
InventorGeoffrey Stephen Henshaw
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Abstract
Interference signals from other gases in an air sample are eliminated by flowing an air sample directly to an electrochemical gas sensor and subsequently flowing an air sample through a selective scrubber and removing the target gas of interest before flowing the sample to the electrochemical gas sensor. The difference in responses of the electrochemical gas sensor is directly proportional to the concentration of the target gas of interest in the air sample.
Claims14
Apparatus comprising:
- an instrument adapted for measurement of one or more target gases in a sample of ambient air, further comprising:
- an input for the sample of ambient air,
- a first path having a first inlet and a first outlet,
- at least one additional second path having a second inlet and a second outlet,
- at least one multiple-way valve having a first input port connected to the first outlet, having a second input port connected to the second outlet and having an output port,
- a connection connected to the output port,
- a electrochemical gas sensor connected to the connection for receiving the sample of ambient air,
- a humidity buffer directly connected between the output port of the multiple-way valve and the electrochemical gas sensor,
- a flow inducer connected to the instrument for flowing the one or more target gases with the sample of ambient air in the first and the second paths through the multiple-way valve, the connection and the electrochemical gas sensor,
- a selective gas scrubber in the second path for removing a target gas from the sample of ambient air,
- a gas flow divider configured as a T having an inlet gas flow port at a bottom of the T and an outlet gas flow port at a top of the T for selectively supplying the sample of ambient air to the first input port or the second input port, and
- wherein the bottom of the T is connected to the input for the sample of ambient air and wherein one end of the top of the T is connected to the first inlet and another opposite end of the top of the T is connected to the second inlet.
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