Optics: measuring and testing – By shade or color – With color transmitting filter
Patent
1988-09-14
1990-01-30
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By shade or color
With color transmitting filter
356307, 250554, G01N 2172
Patent
active
048969656
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optics based optical emission line monitoring system is provided in which selected spectral emission lines, such as the sodium emission line, may be detected in the presence of interfering background radiation. A combustion flame is fed by a diverted portion of a process stream and the common end of a bifurcated or quadfurcated fiber optic light guide is adapted to collect light from the flame. The light is guided through the branches of the fiber optic cable to bandpass filters, one of which is adapted to each of the branches of the fiber optic light guide. The bandpass filters are centered at wavelengths corresponding to the emission lines to be detected and two separate filters are required for each species being detected. The first filter has a bandwidth of about 3 nms and the second filter has a bandwidth of about 10 nms. Light detectors are located to view the light passing through the bandpass filters and amplifiers are connected to receive signals from the light detectors. The amplifier corresponding to the bandpass filter having the narrower bandwidth is preset to scale the signal by a factor equal to the ratio of the wide and narrow bandwidths of the bandpass filters. This scaling produces a scaled signal from which the difference between the scaled signal on the other signal can be calculated to produce a signal having an amplitude directly proportional to the concentration of the species of interest and independent of background radiation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4616137 (1986-10-01), Goff et al.
Goff David R.
Hensel Peter
Romanosky Robert R.
Evans F. L.
Hamel Stephen D.
Larcher Earl L.
Moser William R.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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