Chemical sensor system
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYoshiaki Sugizaki, Hiroshi Hamasaki, Ko Yamada
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Abstract
A chemical sensor system includes a first chemical sensor, a second chemical sensor unit, and a first sample atmosphere tank located between the first chemical sensor and the second chemical sensor unit, and includes an air supply mechanism that executes a first operation of supplying a sample atmosphere from the first chemical sensor to the first sample atmosphere tank, a second operation of supplying the sample atmosphere from the first sample atmosphere tank to the second chemical sensor unit, and a third operation of discharging the sample atmosphere in the first sample atmosphere tank.
Claims17
A chemical sensor system comprising:
- a first chemical sensor;
- a second chemical sensor unit;
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- a first sample atmosphere tank located between the first chemical sensor and the second chemical sensor unit, and including
- an air supply mechanism that executes a first operation of supplying a sample atmosphere from the first chemical sensor to the first sample atmosphere tank, a second operation of supplying the sample atmosphere from the first sample atmosphere tank to the second chemical sensor unit, and a third operation of discharging the sample atmosphere in the first sample atmosphere tank,
- wherein the second chemical sensor unit comprises:
- a mechanism that exposes the sample atmosphere to a sensing solution;
- and a second chemical sensor that responds to a target substance contained in the sensing solution to which the sample atmosphere is exposed, wherein the first chemical sensor is a gas phase sensor and the second chemical sensor is a liquid phase sensor.
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