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Photoionization detector automated zero level calibration

US11714073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2022
Grant dateAug 1, 2023
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2030/642
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of detecting gas includes determining and storing, by a controller, a zero level of a photoionization detector using ambient air inflow when an ultraviolet lamp is in a turned OFF state, wherein the stored zero level is based on an ambient temperature; sampling, by the controller, an output of a detector electrode of the photoionization detector when the ultraviolet lamp is in a turned ON state; and comparing the sampled output of the detector electrode to the stored zero level to determine if a threshold concentration of a gas is present.

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