Method and apparatus for monitoring catalytic abator efficiency
OwnerDominic Cianciarelli, Jorge Marsoninventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus to measure exhaust stream emissions of a catalytic abator for determining the efficiency of the removal of a treatment gas including the steps of providing a calibrated sensor to measure the selected range of the treatment gas concentration in the abator from an exhaust stream after the treatment gas has been treated to verify abator efficiency and output or control the abator based on the efficiency values generated.
Claims22
A method for measuring exhaust stream emissions of a catalytic abator for determining the efficiency of the removal of a treatment gas, the steps comprising:
- a) providing a calibrated sensor to measure a selected range of the treatment gas concentration;
- b) providing an exhaust stream from the abator after the treatment gas has been treated by the abator;
- c) withdrawing at least a portion of the exhaust stream from the abator and passing the withdrawn portion of the exhaust stream into the sensor;
- d) measuring the concentration of treatment gas in the withdrawn portion of the exhaust stream in the selected range;
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- e) verifying the abator efficiency based on the measurement.
A device for monitoring the efficiency of a sterilizer treatment gas abator, comprising:
- a monitoring device having an inlet for receiving a treatment gas from an outlet of the abator and an outlet, the treatment gas having been treated by the abator to remove the treatment gas;
- the monitoring device including a calibrated treatment gas sensor and means for withdrawing at least a portion of the exhausted gas stream from the abator outlet;
- the sensor being positioned and adapted to measure the treatment gas in the withdrawn stream to permit verification of the efficiency of the abator;
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- output means for verifying the efficiency measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.