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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1995
John G Brace, Saline, MI (US);
Hoover Universal, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the rapid estimation of the gas concentration within the headspace of a production beverage container which contains a carbonated beverage, includes preparing a prediction model based on correlations between an infrared absorption spectrum obtained from an analysis container and corresponding measured values of gas concentrations and physical properties of the analysis container, the method, whereby the physical property or gas concentration within the headspace of production container do not need to be measured directly, but rather are estimated based on the prediction model with a measured infrared absorption spectrum as an input to the prediction model, thereby providing non-invasive monitoring of production containers, filled and pressurized.