Patent · US Expired

Use of a gas sensor for the selective detection of hydrocarbons in low-oxygen gases

US5965451A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Dornier GmbH LHG · DE

Inventors

Carsten Plog · Markdorf, DE
Werner Maunz · Markdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 1997
Grant date	Oct 12, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 28, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/218
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a gas sensor for selective detection of hydrocarbons in low-oxygen gases, having a capacitive element and a gas-permeable sensitive layer as a dielectric. The sensitive layer is a precious-metal-doped zeolite which has a regular crystalline structure made of primary pores whose diameter is in the order of the gas-kinetic diameter of the gas molecules to be detected.

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