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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph R Stetter, Naperville, IL (US);
Melvin W Findlay, Naperville, IL (US);
Chongshan Yue, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364557 ; 374 37 ; 73 2503 ; 36457101 ;
Abstract
The BTU content of a sample of natural gas is measured using a computer controlled microcalorimeter micro-sensor instrument employing a catalytic sensor. The instrument is portable for in field use and is able to obtain measurement accuracy of better than .+-.1%. A carrier gas, a standard reference gas and the sample gas to be measured are injected in a controlled manner through use of computer controlled solenoid valves and flow control valves, and a measurement loop injects precise gas volumes to enable a highly accurate BTU measurement by the catalytic sensor.