Oxygen partial pressure measuring device suitably adapted for internal combustion engine exhaust gases
First Claim
1. In an oxygen partial pressure measuring device for determining oxygen partial pressure in exhaust gases, the device comprising a cylindrical body and an oxygen concentration cell of oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte therein, said device to be inserted into the exhaust gas stream, the improvement comprising a monolithic structure, which is formed with a multiplicity of substantially parallel channels through which said exhaust gases are burnt and become under the equilibrium condition, accommodated within said cylindrical body and so located therein that exhaust gas to be measured reaches said oxygen concentration cell after it has passed through said monolithic structure.
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An oxygen partial pressure measuring device for determining oxygen partial pressures in exhaust gases emitted from internal combustion engines comprises a metallic vessel mounted within an exhaust pipe of the engine and having an exhaust gas inlet facing to the exhaust gas flow and an exhaust gas outlet formed in a side surface of the vessel, an oxygen concentration cell shutting the exhaust gas out of the air in an air-tight manner, and a monolithic structure, what is called a honeycomb structure, located between the exhaust gas inlet and the oxygen concentration cell within the vessel for burning the exhaust gas.
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- 1. In an oxygen partial pressure measuring device for determining oxygen partial pressure in exhaust gases, the device comprising a cylindrical body and an oxygen concentration cell of oxygen ion conductive solid electrolyte therein, said device to be inserted into the exhaust gas stream, the improvement comprising a monolithic structure, which is formed with a multiplicity of substantially parallel channels through which said exhaust gases are burnt and become under the equilibrium condition, accommodated within said cylindrical body and so located therein that exhaust gas to be measured reaches said oxygen concentration cell after it has passed through said monolithic structure.
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