Vehicle exhaust gas analysis system with gas blockage interlock
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1. An engine exhaust gas analysis system for measuring the amount of a selected contaminant contained within a sample of engine exhaust gas comprising:
- a gas sample cell adapted to contain a gas;
a reference cell containing a reference gas;
means including a gas transport system for filling said sample cell with a sample of exhaust gas;
sampling means associated with said cells for producing electrical signals related to the concentration of the selected contaminant within the sample of gas;
pressure means connected to said gas transport system and responsive to the pressure of gas therein to generate a blockage signal alternatively indicative of whether or not said gas pressure is in excess of a preselected pressure below which blockage of said gas transport is to be presumed; and
a data analysis and control system responsive to said sampling means and to said pressure means, for receiving said electrical signals and calculating therefrom the concentration of the selected gas contaminant and providing an output signals indicative thereof, only in concurrence with said blockage signal indicating the pressure in said gas transport system being in excess of said preselected magnitude.
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Abstract
The contaminants in the exhaust gas emissions from a motor vehicle such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) are analyzed within a nondispersive infrared analyzer which includes means for assuring that the vehicle being tested has achieved a predetermined engine speed and that no blockage has occurred in the gas transport system when the measurements are made.
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1. An engine exhaust gas analysis system for measuring the amount of a selected contaminant contained within a sample of engine exhaust gas comprising:
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a gas sample cell adapted to contain a gas; a reference cell containing a reference gas; means including a gas transport system for filling said sample cell with a sample of exhaust gas; sampling means associated with said cells for producing electrical signals related to the concentration of the selected contaminant within the sample of gas; pressure means connected to said gas transport system and responsive to the pressure of gas therein to generate a blockage signal alternatively indicative of whether or not said gas pressure is in excess of a preselected pressure below which blockage of said gas transport is to be presumed; and a data analysis and control system responsive to said sampling means and to said pressure means, for receiving said electrical signals and calculating therefrom the concentration of the selected gas contaminant and providing an output signals indicative thereof, only in concurrence with said blockage signal indicating the pressure in said gas transport system being in excess of said preselected magnitude.
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Current AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation (Rtx Corporation)
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Original AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation (Rtx Corporation)
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InventorsFastaia, Anthony J., Cross, Thomas A.
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Primary Examiner(s)Kreitman, Stephen A.
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Application NumberUS05/881,229Time in Patent Office498 DaysField of Search73/23, 73/27 R, 73/117.3, 73/117, 250/343, 250/344, 250/345, 340/607, 340/608, 340/632, 137/557US Class Current73/23.31CPC Class CodesG01M 15/108 using optical methodsG01N 21/3504 for analysing gases, e.g. m...
