Gas monitor and method of detecting gas, including a ripening monitor
AssigneePost Harvest IP Pty Ltd
InventorsMichael Potas, Gennadiy Volkov, Alexander Hatzimihali, Joshua Dunford, Jonathan Shannon, Alex Matthews, Jason Robert Potas
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Abstract
A gas monitor configured to monitor at least one target gas in an environmental mixture, by separating and concentrating the target gas and then adjusting for the concentration factor. The adjustment may also take into account sensor sensitivities to other gases. Methods for adjustment of target gas results are described.
Claims18
A method of measuring the concentration of a target gaseous or aerosolized compound in a gaseous environment, the method including the steps of:
- extracting a selected sample quantity of the gaseous environment into a target gas measurement system;
- separating the target gaseous or aerosolized compound from the quantity of sample gas, into a store;
- sensing, with a target gas sensor, the amount or concentration of the target gaseous or aerosolized compound from the store,
- sensing with a gas sensor, at least one second gas component selected from the group consisting of oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds;
- receiving in a processor, data from the target gas sensor relating to the amount or concentration of the target gaseous or aerosolized compound;
- converting, in the processor, the target gas sensor data, with a conversion algorithm, to obtain environmental concentration data of the target gaseous or aerosolized compound by adjusting the concentration data with reference to a target sensor sensitivity to the at least one second gas component;
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- storing in a data store or displaying on a display, the environmental concentration data, or transmitting the environmental concentration data to a remote server or processor.
A gas component monitor for monitoring the concentration of a target gaseous or aerosolized compound in a gaseous environment, the monitor system including:
- a pump for extracting from an environment a sample of gas of a selected or predetermined quantity from the environment;
- a concentrator module which includes a separator for separation of the target gaseous or aerosolized compound from the gas sample, the separator including a store for storage of a target gaseous or aerosolized compound;
- a target gas component sensor module configured to:
- sense the concentration or amount of the gaseous or aerosolized compound in the store;
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- sense at least one second gas component selected from the group consisting of:
- oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds;
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- a processor connected to the target gas component sensor module, the processor configured to calculate the environmental concentration of the target gaseous or aerosolized compound based on a conversion algorithm that adjusts the concentration data with reference to a target sensor sensitivity to the at least one second gas component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.