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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Rian Van Den Berg, Sliedrecht, NL;
Mark S Zetter, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Keith L Miller, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Terry R Todd, Placerville, CA (US);
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
On line and essentially continuous measurements of hydrogen peroxide vapor in the presence of water vapor can be made using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy using fiber optic cables to transmit infrared radiation between, e.g, a sterilization chamber and the NIR instrument. Hydrogen peroxide absorbs selectively at about 1420 nm, where water vapor also absorbs, but the absorbance at 1420 nm can be corrected for water vapor measurements at remote wavelengths where H.sub.2 O.sub.2 is transparent. The measurement process also may be incorporated into a control system assuring optimum hydrogen peroxide vapor concentrations for the sterilization procedure.