GAS ANALYZER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating an optical signal;
at each of multiple frequency bands, measuring an intensity of the optical signal after passage of the optical signal through a sample gas potentially having multiple types of gases that absorb the optical signal in a same frequency band; and
detecting concentrations of the multiple types of gases in the sample gas based on absorption of the optical signal at the multiple frequency bands.
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Abstract
A gas analyzer system includes an optical source, an optical filter assembly, a controller, and an analyzer. The optical source generates an optical signal. The optical filter assembly includes different optical filters in which to filter the optical signal. During operation, the controller selects sequential application of each of the different optical filters in a path of the optical signal to modulate the optical signal using different frequency bands of optical energy. The modulated optical signal passes through an unknown sample. Based on absorption of the optical signal by the sample gas at different frequencies, the optical analyzer detects which types of multiple different gases are present in the sample.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating an optical signal; at each of multiple frequency bands, measuring an intensity of the optical signal after passage of the optical signal through a sample gas potentially having multiple types of gases that absorb the optical signal in a same frequency band; and detecting concentrations of the multiple types of gases in the sample gas based on absorption of the optical signal at the multiple frequency bands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18)
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13. A system comprising:
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an optical source to generate an optical signal; a detector to measure an intensity of the optical signal after passing of the optical signal through a sample gas; and an analyzer to detect which of multiple gases are present in the sample gas based on measuring absorbance of the optical signal by the sample gas at different optical frequency bands, at least two gases of the multiple gases absorbing the optical signal in a same frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product including a computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon for processing data information, such that the instructions, when carried out by one or more processing devices, enables the one or more processing device to perform operations of:
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generating an optical signal; at each of multiple frequency bands, measuring an intensity of the optical signal after passing of the optical signal through a sample gas potentially having multiple types of gases that absorb the optical signal in a same frequency band; and detecting concentrations of the multiple types of gases in the sample gas based on absorption of the optical signal at the multiple frequency bands.
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