AUTOMATION IN GASEOUS SAMPLE TESTS

• US 20150088433A1
• Filed: 09/25/2013
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Applied Lab Automation
• Original Assignee: Applied Lab Automation
• Inventors: Feng-Tang, Grace C.
• Application Number:
  US14/037,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20150088433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/24
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0006 Calibrating gas analysers
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0062 concerning the measuring method or the display, e.g. intermittent measurement or digital display
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0068 using a computer specifically programmed

Abstract

The present invention is related to an apparatus facilitating the automation of gaseous sample analysis and the method thereof. Specifically, the present invention is related to the apparatus that is capable of detecting and converting a reading from a first matrix to a second matrix, thus simplifies a calibration process required for the gaseous sample analysis and the method thereof.

Claims

1. an apparatus for a gaseous sample test utilizing at least one analyzer, comprising:

(A) a means of connection, wherein said connection may transmit data in between the apparatus and the analyzer;

(B) a storage device;

(C) a calculation device; and

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(D) a display device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the storage device, the calculation device and the display device are part of a computer system.

3. A method of simplifying a calibration process of the gaseous sample test utilizing at least one analyzer, comprising:

(A) calibrating a first matrix;

(B) collecting a first reading of a first analyte from the gaseous sample from the first matrix;

(C) collecting a second reading of the first analyte from the gaseous sample from a second matrix;

(D) comparing the first reading and the second reading;

(E) determining a matrix effect exiting if the first reading and the second reading are different.

4. the method of claim 3, further comprising:

(E) after (D), applying a correction factor to the second reading.

5. the method of claim 3, further comprising:

(F) after (D), applying a correction equation to the second reading.

6. A method of obtaining a concentration in a gaseous sample analysis wherein a matrix effect exiting in between a first matrix and a second matrix, comprising:

(A) determining a first matrix equation of the first matrix;

(B) determining a second matrix equation of the second matrix;

(C) establishing a correction equation based on the first and the second matrix equations, wherein the correction equation converts a second reading from the second matrix into a second converted reading;

(D) introducing the second converted reading into the first matrix equation to obtain a second converted concentration.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first and second matrixes could be air, Nitrogen, Argon or Helium.