Elsag International B.v.

Gas Research Institute

The Babcock & Wilcox Company

Robert A Smith

John J Fry

George R Hall, Ii

Daniel C Barnett

Gordon D Woolbert

David F Ross

Scotty Y Jewett

In an oxygen analyzer for an industrial process, an automotive type oxygen sensor has a sensor element assembly with an outer thin walled shield containing insulation and surrounding the sensor element of the automotive type oxygen sensor.

Method of modifying an automotive type oxygen sensor for use in an

An industrial process oxygen analyzer, and method of using same, incorporates an automotive oxygen sensor to minimize the criticalness of controlling heater temperature during operation. Higher sensor heater temperature, required to accommodate the automotive oxygen sensor, is achieved by application of higher supply voltage to the sensor heater. Current limiting of the heater supply circuit reduces stress on the sensor heater, even at the higher operating temperature.

Automotive oxygen sensor for use in an industrial process analyzer

An apparatus for measuring differential impedances which incorporates a CMOS timer in place of the sine wave generator in a typical AC bridge configuration. A toroidal signal transformer having its primary and secondary windings tightly twisted together and wound around the core lessens temperature drift characteristics. The differential bipolar current signal provided by the secondary winding is passed through an AC to DC converter which is switched by a field effect transistor, thereby eliminating the need for prior art inverter comparator circuits. Finally, by use of a bandpass filter after the signal transformer and by insertion of a capacitor before the AC to DC converter, the need for the active filter stage used in the prior art is eliminated.

Apparatus for measuring differential impedances

Method of applying an automotive type oxygen sensor for use in an

A combustion control system includes a sensor assembly and a process controller, the sensor assembly including sensors for providing output signals indicative of process variables, the process controller responding to the output signals to maintain a desired operation of the process. The process controller continuously monitors parameters of the sensors and provides alarms whenever any of these parameters deviate from setpoint values, the process controller automatically prioritizing these alarms to provide a display of only the most relevant alarms. A housing enclosing the process controller provides EMI/RFI shielding of the process controller including the attenuation and absorption of the EMI/RFI energy.

Housing for a process controller

A combustion control system includes a sensor assembly and a process controller, the sensor assembly including sensors for providing output signals indicative of process variables, the process controller responding to the output signals to maintain a desired operation of the process. The process controller continuously monitors parameters of the sensors and provides alarms whenever any of these parameters deviate from setpoint values, the process controller automatically prioritizing these alarms to provide a display of only the most relevant alarms. A housing enclosing the processor controller provides RFI/EMI shielding of the process controller including the attenuation and absorption of the EMI/RFI energy.

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Robert A Smith