Shimadzu Corporation

Katsuhiko Araya

Hiroaki Matsuhisa

Hiroshi Murakami

Youzo Morita

Shingo Sumi

Yoshihide Kanki

Shusuke Hiraoka

A standard gas introduction passage and an air inlet port are provided on positions downstream and upstream a dehumidifier respectively. A zero gas and a span gas are measured in dry states, a value of the atmosphere introduced from the air inlet port which is measured in the same moisture concentration as the sample gas is subtracted as a moisture interference value from the measured value of the sample gas for correcting moisture interference, and calibration curve data are applied to a result of measurement after the correction. Calibration can be finished in a short period, whereby the capacities of standard gas cylinders can be reduced and the overall device can be miniaturized.

Continuous gas analyzer

An infrared light beam, emitted from an infrared light source 4, arrives periodically and alternatively at a sample cell 1a and reference cell 1b through a rotating chopper 2. The beam, which travels through the sample cell 1a and reference cell 1b, is detected as a sample signal and reference signal by a detector 5. The chopper 2 has apertures 2a and 2a. Since the aperture 2a, which faces the sample cell 1a, and the aperture 2b, which faces the reference cell 1b, are each formed in an arc shape having a central angle of about 90 degrees, the amount of time for which the infrared light beam is emitted and not emitted to the sample cell 1b and the reference cell 1a are all about equal. Therefore, the non-dispersive infrared analyzer can obtain about twice the amount of information about the concentration of the gas to be measured than a conventional apparatus per one chopper rotation.

Apparatus for non-dispersive infrared analyzer

A non-dispersive infrared analyzer and method for analyzing a concentration in a gas utilizes an infrared light source and a cell configured to have a gas flow therethrough. The cell also has an infrared light passage through which a sample gas stream and an infrared light beam can travel. A sector has at least two filters for filtering infrared light, and is provided with the apparatus. The sector alternately inserts the at least two filters into the infrared beam. A detector detects wavelengths of the infrared light beam which corresponds to an absorption band of the gas to be measured, and a second wavelength which corresponds to an absorption band of the preselected reference gas. The detector receives the infrared light beam after the light beam has traveled through the sample cell. The detector generates an electrical signal based upon the detected infrared light, which is correlated with a position indicating apparatus to provide a normalized intensity ratio, which is used to calculate the concentration of the gas to be measured in the cell.

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Katsuhiko Araya