Rapid-response method and devices for detection of poor combustion
US4796590A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/40
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of regulating combustion by rapid-response monitoring of the gaseous effluents leaving a combustion chamber, especially the chamber of an internal-combustion engine, includes the steps of emitting ultraviolet radiation to a zone of small volume traversed by at least part of the gaseous effluents leaving the combustion chamber; receiving at least part of the ultraviolet radiation which has passed through this zone; measuring the degree to which the ultraviolet radiation has been absorbed by a chemical compound contained in the gaseous effluents; and governing at least one parameter influencing combustion within the combustion chamber as a function of the degree of absorption.
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