METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE IN A GAS FEEDSTREAM
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1. Method for measuring a gas feedstream temperature, comprising:
- providing a gas sensing device including an integrated heating element disposed within the gas feedstream;
measuring electrical resistance of the integrated heating element;
determining temperature of the integrated heating element based upon the measured electrical resistance;
determining a gas temperature proximal to the sensing device based upon the temperature of the integrated heating element; and
,determining the gas feedstream temperature based upon the gas temperature proximal to the sensing device.
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Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas feedstream flowing past a gas sensing device disposed therein. The gas sensor includes an integrated electrical heating element which provides a resistance indicative of its temperature. An unknown input observer is used to determine the exhaust gas feedstream temperature based on the heating element temperature.
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1. Method for measuring a gas feedstream temperature, comprising:
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providing a gas sensing device including an integrated heating element disposed within the gas feedstream; measuring electrical resistance of the integrated heating element; determining temperature of the integrated heating element based upon the measured electrical resistance; determining a gas temperature proximal to the sensing device based upon the temperature of the integrated heating element; and
,determining the gas feedstream temperature based upon the gas temperature proximal to the sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Article of manufacture, comprising a storage medium having a machine-executable computer program encoded therein to monitor a gas feedstream utilizing a sensing device having an integrated heating element, the program comprising:
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code to monitor electrical resistance of the integrated heating element; code to determine a temperature of the integrated heating element based upon the electrical resistance; code to determine a gas temperature proximal to the sensing device based upon the temperature of the integrated heating element; and code to determine a temperature of the gas feedstream based upon the gas temperature proximal to the sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Article of manufacture, comprising a storage medium having a machine-executable computer program encoded therein to monitor an exhaust gas feedstream, the program comprising:
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code to monitor electrical resistance of an integrated heating element of a sensing device adapted to monitor the exhaust gas feedstream; code to determine a temperature of the integrated heating element based upon the electrical resistance; code comprising an executable unknown input observer model adapted to estimate a gas temperature proximal to the sensing device based upon the temperature of the integrated heating element; and code to determine a temperature of the exhaust gas feedstream based upon the estimated gas temperature proximal to the sensing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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