Dräger Safety Ag&co. Kgaa

Hans-Jürgen Busack

Rigobert Chrzan

Dieter Krüger

Burkhard Stock

Andreas Nauber

Michael Sick

Christoph Bernstein

Kathrin Hermann

Michael Dietrich

An electrochemical gas sensor with a stacked arrangement of electrodes and nonwoven layers arranged in parallel, comprising at least one measuring electrode () and at least one counterelectrode (). A porous membrane () that is permeable to air is in contact with the stacked arrangement of electrodes and nonwoven layers arranged in parallel at least on one side, at least one layer of a hydrophilic nonwoven () is located between the electrodes. The porous membrane () that is permeable to air and the hydrophilic nonwoven () extend into a separate equalization volume (), which is filled with electrolyte at least partially and is located at least partially in one plane with the electrodes. The separate equalization volume () surrounds the electrode arrangement at least partially in this plane, and the porous membrane () that is permeable to air is exposed to ambient pressure at least in partial areas. Such sensors are characterized by a flat shape, high insensitivity to shocks, independence from the position, and high tolerance to variations in environmental humidity.

Electrochemical gas sensor

A breath alcohol measuring device includes a flow chamber, for receiving exhaled breathing gas of a person, with a flow diaphragm. A differential pressure sensor has a first measuring connection via a first gas line () to the interior space of the flow chamber () upstream of the flow diaphragm (), and a second measuring connection via second and third gas lines () and a breath alcohol sensor () to the interior space of the flow chamber () downstream of the flow diaphragm (). A throttling element () is present in the second gas line (). The second gas line () is connected to a sampling system (), and an evaluating and control unit () is connected to the sensors () and to the sampling system () for controlling the sampling system.

Device and process for measuring breath alcohol

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Lübeck, Germany

Hans-Jürgen Busack