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Device and method for detection of harmful substances

US8586383B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

4References

18Claims

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Assignee

Airsense Analytics GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Walte · Schwerin, DE
Wolf Münchmeyer · Wittingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2011
Grant date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25875
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device (10) for detection of harmful substances with a measurement unit (28) for measuring at least one harmful substance and an evaluation unit (30) for determining the concentration of the at least one harmful substance. The invention also relates to a method for detecting harmful substances in a gas mixture. It is hereby provided that the gas mixture is tested for a gaseous harmful substance or simultaneously for several gaseous harmful substances, wherein the gaseous harmful substance or the gaseous harmful substances is/are measured with different sensor means, and the gaseous harmful substances are optionally chemically modified such that a measurement is performed with the existing sensor means.

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