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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2015
Ludlum Measurements, Inc., Sweetwater, TX (US);
John W. Birks, Boulder, CO (US);
Andrew A. Turnipseed, Boulder, CO (US);
Peter C. Andersen, Boulder, CO (US);
Craig J. Williford, Boulder, CO (US);
LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS, INC., Sweetwater, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a means of greatly reducing interferences from mercury vapor, UV-absorbing compounds and water vapor in the measurement of ozone by UV absorbance. A heated graphite scrubber destroys greater than 99% of ozone passing through it while reducing biases from typical atmospheric UV-absorbing interferents by large factors compared to conventional ozone scrubbers. Substitution of a heated graphite scrubber in place of traditional ozone scrubbers such as hopcalite, metal oxides and heated silver scrubbers, results in a more accurate measurement of ozone by reducing the responses to UV-absorbing interferences and water vapor. The heated graphite scrubber also may be used in combination with other ozone sensors, such as electrochemical and HMOS sensors, to provide a reference measurement with ozone selectively removed and thus greatly reduce contributions from interfering species in those measurement devices as well.