Method for measuring pollutant formation
US6251679A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/177692
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Diagnostic methods for determining an instantaneous rate of pollutant formation in a combustion system are based on measurement of chemiluminescence intensity generated simultaneously with the formation of the pollutant. The chemiluminescent signal is generated by an analog reaction which occurs in parallel with a key step in the formation of a specific pollutant of interest. The connection between the analog reaction and the pollution reaction is such that the chemiluminescent signal indicates the local, instantaneous formation rate of the pollutant of interest.
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