Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – System
Patent
1980-02-21
1982-02-16
Gill, James J.
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
System
G01N 2530
Patent
active
043154301
ABSTRACT:
A gas analyzing apparatus for determining the BTU or calorific content of a combustible gas uses a radiometer or optical pyrometer for measuring the temperature of a metal cup black body heated by a flame produced by a combustion of the combustible gas in a gas-air mixture and a valve controller responsive to a control signal for adjusting the air-gas ratio, thermistors for measuring the temperature of the gas-air mixture and the ambient temperature and a temperature monitor including means responsive to the output signals from the radiometer and the thermistors to produce an output signal representative of the temperature difference therebetween and a peak detector responsive to the output signal from the temperature monitor means to produce the control signal for controlling the valve controller to obtain a peak in the output signal from the temperature monitor, whereby to obtain a maximum temperature differential between the metal cup and air-gas mixture with the attained differential temperature being an indication of the BTU content of the combustible gas being measured since the maximum temperature differential would be attained at stoichiometric combustion for any combustible gas being tested.
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Burton Lockwood D.
Gill James J.
Halista Mitchell J.
Honeywell Inc.
Marhoefer Laurence J.
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