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Apparatus of non-dispersive infrared analyzer

US5559333A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 29, 1994
Grant dateSep 24, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/3504
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A non-dispersive infrared analyzer and method for analyzing a concentration in a gas utilizes an infrared light source and a cell configured to have a gas flow therethrough. The cell also has an infrared light passage through which a sample gas stream and an infrared light beam can travel. A sector has at least two filters for filtering infrared light, and is provided with the apparatus. The sector alternately inserts the at least two filters into the infrared beam. A detector detects wavelengths of the infrared light beam which corresponds to an absorption band of the gas to be measured, and a second wavelength which corresponds to an absorption band of the preselected reference gas. The detector receives the infrared light beam after the light beam has traveled through the sample cell. The detector generates an electrical signal based upon the detected infrared light, which is correlated with a position indicating apparatus to provide a normalized intensity ratio, which is used to calculate the concentration of the gas to be measured in the cell.

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