Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products – Processes of treating materials by wave energy
Patent
1992-06-02
1994-03-22
Niebling, John
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
Processes of treating materials by wave energy
204424, 204425, 204427, G01N 2726
Patent
active
052961125
ABSTRACT:
An oxygen sensor having a main body member with an interior chamber, made from material which is an oxygen ion conducting solid electrolyte when at specified temperatures. Electrodes made from material which is porous to oxygen molecules are positioned opposite each other on the main body member, within the interior chamber an d on the outside of the main body. Via a port which extends through the main body, changes in the absolute pressure of gas to be tested in the environs of the outer electrode are transmitted to the gas in the environs of the inner electrode. As a result of reference gas being introduced into the interior chamber of the main body through an orifice at a pressure sufficient to maintain the rate of flow at its critical (and therefore constant) rate of flow, the environs of the inner electrode are occupied by reference gas and a flow of gas results, through the main body member from the region of the inner electrode and out through the port.
In optional embodiments, only a portion of the test gas directly impinges upon the outer surface of the outer electrode to minimize it being cooled, the main body member is heated to specified temperatures, means are provided to ensure a flow of test gas past the sensor, and/or the outside electrode periodically is exposed to reference gas to calibrate the sensor for cell constant.
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Publication "In Situ Oxygen Analyser", a publication of Dynatron, Inc., P.O. Box 745, Wallingford, CT 06492, author(s) unknown, pp. 4-11 inclusive:publication date is unknown.
LaHaye Paul G.
Seger John L.
Bell Bruce F.
H.P.S. Merrimac, Inc.
Niebling John
Rhines William G.
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