Continuously operated gas analyzer

• US 5,245,857 A
• Filed: 04/16/1992
• Issued: 09/21/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bayer AG
• Original Assignee: Bayer AG
• Inventors: Kahl, Melchior
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROSKOS, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US07/869,688
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 73/23.2
• US Class Current: 73/23.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/0016 by regulating a physical variable, e.g. pressure or temperature

Abstract

The gas analyzer comprises a detector (3) which is dependent upon the mass flow, with a suction device (4) at the detector output. The detector output is connected to a vacuum regulating circuit (6) which maintains the vacuum constant, generated by the suction device (4), at the detector output in relation to the atmospheric pressure. The detector (3) is preceded by a choke (2) in the pipe-line for the gas to be measured. A second choke (11) is connected in parallel, by way of by-pass, to the series arrangement of the first choke (2) and the detector (3). A further (third) choke (1) is connected in advance of the common gas inlet (12, 13). A second vacuum regulating circuit (14) is connected to the common connection point and maintains the pressure constant, prevailing at said connection point, in relation to the atmospheric pressure. The two vacuum regulating circuits (6, 14) each comprise a piezoelectric pressure sensor (18a, 18b), a proportional/Integral controller (20a, 20b) and an electropneumatic control element (21a, 21b).

Claims

1. A continuously operated gas analyser comprising

a) a detector (3) which is dependent upon the mass flow of the gas to be analyzed,

b) a suction device (4) at the detector output,

c) a vacuum regulating circuit (6) which is connected to the detector output and which maintains constant the vacuum p₃, generated by the suction device (4), at the detector output in relation to the atmospheric pressure p_o,

d) a first choke (11) which is connected upstream of the detector (3) in the pipe-line for the gas to be measured,

e) a second choke (11) which is connected in parallel to the series arrangement of first choke (2) and detector (3) as a by-pass,

f) a third choke (11) which is connected upstream of the common gas inlet (12, 13) into the first choke and the second choke, and

g) a further vacuum regulating circuit (14) which is connected to the common gas inlet and which maintains constant the pressure p₂ prevailing at said connection point in relation to the atmospheric pressure p_o,

characterized in that the vacuum regulating circuits (6, 14) each comprise a piezoelectric pressure sensor (18a, 18b), a proportional/integral controller (20a, 20b) and an electropneumatic control element (21a, 21b).