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Gas species monitor system

US4953976A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1989
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2021/516
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas species monitor system includes a sample volume for receiving a gas to be monitored; an external, independent laser source; means for directing the laser radiation to the volume; a multipass optical cell, responsive to the means for directing, for multiplying the laser radiation intensity in the sample volume; means for continuously flowing the gas to be monitored through the sample volume; a narrow bandpass filter; means for collecting more than a steradian of Raman scattered radiation from the sample in the volume and directing the collected radiation in parallel through the narrow bandpass filter; and means responsive to the parallel radiation from the filter for detecting the Raman scattered radiation representative of the concentration of the species in the gas sample being monitored.

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