Dissolved hydrogen analyzer

A hydrogen analyzer comprising in gaseous communication:

• a mass transfer unit, having a liquid portion and a gaseous portion, through which hydrogen gas is transferred from a liquid analyte to a carrier gas;
• a gas equilibrium reservoir within which hydrogen gas transferred from the analyte is equilibrated;
• a carbon monoxide unit for removal of carbon monoxide from the carrier gas containing hydrogen;
• an oxygen unit for removal of oxygen from the carrier gas containing hydrogen;
• a sulfur unit for removing sulfur compounds from the carrier gas containing hydrogen;
• a moisture unit for removing moisture from the carrier gas;
• a hydrogen sensor for measuring the amount of hydrogen in the carrier gas from which carbon monoxide, oxygen, sulfur compounds and moisture have been removed;
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• a pump for moving the carrier gas through the mass transfer unit, gas equilibrium reservoir, carbon monoxide, oxygen, sulfur and moisture units and hydrogen sensor, all of which are connected in fluid flow communication.

A process for measuring the amount of dissolved hydrogen in a solution comprising the steps of:

• (a) equilibration of liquid containing dissolved hydrogen with a carrier gas;
• (b) removal of oxygen from the carrier gas containing hydrogen;
• and
• (c) measuring the amount of hydrogen in the carrier gas that has been treated to remove oxygen.