Inline concentration measurement device

• US 10,222,323 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2015
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated, Tokushima University
• Original Assignee: Fujikin Incorporated, Tokushima University
• Inventors: Deguchi, Yoshihiro, Nagase, Masaaki, Ikeda, Nobukazu, Yamaji, Michio, Yakushijin, Tadayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Amara, Mohamed K
• Application Number:
  US15/321,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20170199117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2021/151 Gas blown
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/05 Flow-through cuvettes G01N21/09 takes precedence; handling fluid samples G01N1/10
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/15 Preventing contamination of the components of the optical system or obstruction of the light path
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/27 using photo-electric detection G01N21/31 takes precedence; circuits for computing concentration logarithmic circuits G06G7/24; photometric circuits in general G01J
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2201/08 Optical fibres; light guides

Abstract

An inline concentration measurement device comprises: a measurement cell main body with a gas flow path formed; a light incident part with a window member connected to the main body; and a light receiving part with a window member connected to the main body, wherein the gas flow path includes a gas flow path for an optical path extending straight between the window members of the light incident part and the light receiving part, a first communication part making a gas inlet formed in the main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path, and a second communication part making a gas outlet formed in the main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path, and the first communication part obliquely extends from the gas inlet towards the window member of the light incident part.

Claims

1. An inline concentration measurement device, comprising:

a measurement cell main body in which a gas flow path is formed;

a light incident part having a window member and being connected to the measurement cell main body; and

a light receiving part having a window member and being connected to the measurement cell main body, wherein

the gas flow path includes a gas flow path part for an optical path including a first end and a second end extending straight between the window member of the light incident part at the first end and the window member of the light receiving part to provide the optical path at the second end, a first communication part making a gas inlet formed in the measurement cell main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path, and a second communication part making a gas outlet formed in the measurement cell main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path,

the first communication part extends straight from a first point at the gas inlet toward a second point at the first end of the gas flow path part for an optical path, the first point nearer than the second point to a plane perpendicular to a center of the gas flow path part for an optical path,

the first communication part obliquely extends from the gas inlet towards a surface of the window member of the light incident part, and

the first communication part is connected to the gas flow path part for an optical path at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the gas flow path part for an optical path to form the gas flow path bending at the acute angle, and a connection portion of the first communication part and the gas flow path part for the optical path is located in a vicinity of the window member of the light incident part.

2. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the second communication part obliquely extends from the gas outlet towards the window member of the light receiving part.

3. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

a cross section area of a flow path in the first communication part is smaller than a cross section area of the gas flow path part for the optical path.

4. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the light incident part includes a holding body for holding an optical fiber and clamping the window member between the measurement cell main body and the holding body, and

a fitting recessed part is formed either on the measurement cell main body or the holding body and a fitting projected part which fits the fitting recessed part is formed on the other with the window member held between a recess bottom face of the fitting recessed part and a protruded end face of the fitting projected part.

5. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 4, wherein

the fitting recessed part is formed as a stepped recess and the fitting projected part is formed as a stepped projection that fits the stepped recess with a sealing face formed as an abutting face by a stepped part of the fitting recessed part and a stepped part of the fitting projected part abutting each other.

6. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the light receiving part includes a holding body for holding a photo diode and clamping the window member between the measurement cell main body and the holding body, and

a fitting recessed part is formed either on the measurement cell main body or the holding body and a fitting projected part which fits the fitting recessed part is formed on the other with the window member held between a recess bottom face of the fitting recessed part and a protruded end face of the fitting projected part.

7. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 6, wherein

the fitting recessed part is formed as a stepped recess and the fitting projected part is formed as a stepped projection that fits the stepped recess with a sealing face formed as an abutting face by a stepped part of the fitting recessed part and a stepped part of the fitting projected part abutting each other.

8. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the light incident part includes a collimator lens for collimating incident light entering to the gas flow path part for the optical path.

9. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the window members are configured to obliquely cross the optical path of the gas flow path part for the optical path.

10. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

a gas inflow path communicating with the first communication part for sending gas thereto is provided and a cross section area of the gas inflow path is larger than a cross section area of the flow path in the first communication part.

11. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 1, wherein

the measurement cell main body includes a block body, an end portion of which is configured to support the window member of the light incident part, and

the first communication part is formed in the block body.

12. An inline concentration measurement device, comprising:

a measurement cell main body in which a gas flow path is formed;

a light incident part having a window member and being connected to the measurement cell main body; and

a light receiving part having a window member and being connected to the measurement cell main body, wherein

the gas flow path includes a gas flow path part for an optical path including a first end and a second end extending straight between the window member of the light incident part at the first end and the window member of the light receiving part at the second end to provide the optical path, a first communication part making a gas inlet formed in the measurement cell main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path, and a second communication part making a gas outlet formed in the measurement cell main body communicate with the gas flow path part for the optical path,

the first communication part extends straight from a first point at the gas inlet toward a second point at the first end of the gas flow path part for an optical path, the first point nearer than the second point to a plane perpendicular to a center of the gas flow path part for an optical path,

the second communication part obliquely extends from the gas outlet towards a surface of the window member of the light receiving part, and

the second communication part is connected to the gas flow path part for an optical path at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the gas flow path part for an optical path to form the gas flow path bending at the acute angle, and a connection portion of the second communication part and the gas flow path part for the optical path is located in a vicinity of the window member of the light receiving part.

13. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

a cross section area of a flow path in the first communication part is smaller than a cross section area of the gas flow path part for the optical path.

14. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

the light incident part includes a holding body for holding an optical fiber and clamping the window member between the measurement cell main body and the holding body, and

a fitting recessed part is formed either on the measurement cell main body or the holding body and a fitting projected part which fits the fitting recessed part is formed on the other with the window member held between a recess bottom face of the fitting recessed part and a protruded end face of the fitting projected part.

15. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 14, wherein

the fitting recessed part is formed as a stepped recess and the fitting projected part is formed as a stepped projection that fits the stepped recess with a sealing face formed as an abutting face by a stepped part of the fitting recessed part and a stepped part of the fitting projected part abutting each other.

16. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

the light receiving part includes a holding body for holding a photo diode and clamping the window member between the measurement cell main body and the holding body, and

a fitting recessed part is formed either on the measurement cell main body or the holding body and a fitting projected part which fits the fitting recessed part is formed on the other with the window member held between a recess bottom face of the fitting recessed part and a protruded end face of the fitting projected part.

17. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 16, wherein

the fitting recessed part is formed as a stepped recess and the fitting projected part is formed as a stepped projection that fits the stepped recess with a sealing face formed as an abutting face by a stepped part of the fitting recessed part and a stepped part of the fitting projected part abutting each other.

18. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

the light incident part includes a collimator lens for collimating incident light entering to the gas flow path part for the optical path.

19. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

the window members are configured to obliquely cross the optical path of the gas flow path part for the optical path.

20. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

a gas inflow path communicating with the first communication part for sending gas thereto is provided and a cross section area of the gas inflow path is larger than a cross section area of the flow path in the first communication part.

21. The inline concentration measurement device of claim 12, wherein

the measurement cell main body includes a block body, an end portion of which is configured to support the window member of the light receiving part, and

the second communication part is formed in the block body.