Exhaust gas measuring apparatus

• US 5,821,435 A
• Filed: 04/10/1997
• Issued: 10/13/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kojima, Mitoku
• Primary Examiner(s): RAEVIS, ROBERT R
• Application Number:
  US08/827,696
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 73/23.31-23.33, 73/863.01-863.03, 73/863.51, 73/863.55, 73/864.34, 73/864.81, 73/863.31
• US Class Current: 73/863.01
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/30 Controlling by gas-analysis apparatus regulating non electrical variables in general G05D
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 53/346 Controlling the process
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/048 by monitoring temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/102 by monitoring exhaust gases
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/106 using pressure sensors

Abstract

An exhaust gas measuring apparatus includes an atmosphere introducing unit, an air purifier, a diluting unit, selecting means, a sampling unit, and measuring means. The atmosphere introducing unit takes in air in the atmosphere as diluting air. The air purifier takes in and purifies air in the atmosphere, thereby generating diluting air. The diluting unit dilutes a portion of exhaust gases of an engine with the diluting air. The selecting means causes either one of the atmosphere introducing unit and the air purifier to communicate with the diluting unit. The sampling unit collects diluted exhaust gases. The measuring means obtains the emission amount of collected exhaust gases.

Claims

1. An exhaust gas measuring apparatus, comprising:

at least one air purifying unit which purifies the atmospheric air and outputs the purified atmospheric air as a diluting air, each of said at least one air purifying unit including a blower for outputting said diluting air;

a plurality of diluting units, each diluting unit diluting gasses to be analyzed with said diluting air introduced thereto to generate a diluted gas, the number of diluting units being greater than the number of said at least one air purifying unit; and

a selecting unit provided in each of said plurality of diluting units, said selecting unit selectively adjusting an amount of said diluting air provided to corresponding one of said plurality of diluting units; and

a controller which controls an output of said blower to maintain pressure of said diluting air output from said at least one air purifying unit substantially at a predetermined level.

2. An Apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an analyzing unit analyzing said gasses based on constituents of said diluted gas and said diluting air provided to said diluting unit by said selecting unit.

3. An apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a first pressure sensor which detects an atmospheric pressure;

a second pressure sensor which detects a pressure of said diluting air, wherein

said controller controls said output of said blower based on said detected atmospheric pressure and said detected pressure of said diluting air.

4. An exhaust gas measuring apparatus, comprising:

atmosphere introducing units which output atmospheric air as a first diluting air;

at least one air purifying unit which purifies the atmospheric air and outputs the purified atmospheric air as a second diluting air, each of said at least one air purifying unit including a blower for outputting said second diluting air;

a plurality of diluting units, each diluting unit diluting gasses to be analyzed with either one of said first and second diluting air introduced thereto to generate a diluted gas, the number of diluting units being greater than the number of said at least one air purifying unit; and

a selecting unit provided in each of said plurality of diluting units, said selecting unit selecting either one of said first and second diluting air to be provided to corresponding one of said plurality of diluting units.

5. An apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a controller which controls an output of said blower to maintain pressure of said second diluting air output from said at least one air purifying unit substantially at a predetermined level.

6. An apparatus of claim 4, wherein said selecting unit includes

a valve unit which adjusts an amount of the second diluting air provided to the corresponding one of said diluting unit.