Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Infrared responsive
Patent
1996-07-01
1998-02-17
Tokar, Michael J.
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Infrared responsive
25033913, 250373, G01N 2100
Patent
active
057193967
ABSTRACT:
An emission-concentration monitoring system (20)includes first and second monitor stations (22,32) which are separated by a sensing space (40) along a path (28) of a moving vehicle (26). Each station has a source of electromagnetic radiation (64) which is directed through the vehicle's exhaust plume. Each station also has a set of detectors (66) which are positioned to receive the radiation and configured to measure transmittances at wavelengths which are absorbed by molecular species of exhaust plume (e.g., hydrocarbons, nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide). These sensed transmittances are converted to emission concentrations by a data processor (50) and compared to a set of emission-concentration standards. The vehicle is determined to be in violation only if its emission concentrations at both the first and second monitor stations exceeds the standards. To insure visual identification of the vehicle, images of it are formed at both stations with video cameras (42, 44) and a license plate reader (46). It has been found that the monitoring system improves testing accuracy because the first and second stations essentially form a check against each other to remove errors due, for example, to vehicular temporal variabilities.
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Bahan Troy P.
Hanson Jeffrey L.
Jack Michael D.
Nelson David R.
Paneral Allen J.
Envirotest Systems Corp.
Tokar Michael J.
Tyler Virgil O.
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