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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Tomonori Takahashi, Chita, JP;
Naoyuki Ogawa, Nagoya, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A gas sensor for measuring a specific gas component, especially hydrocarbons, in a gas to be measured, including a hydrocarbon prevention filter preferably made of zeolite. An oxygen concentration difference between (1) an oxygen concentration in a gas to be measured from which hydrocarbons are removed by the hydrocarbon prevention filter and further combustible components are removed and (2) a known oxygen concentration or an oxygen concentration in a gas from which only combustible components are removed, is calculated. Once an oxygen amount necessary for a combustion of hydrocarbons is calculated, it is possible to measure a hydrocarbon concentration in a gas to be measured on the basis of the thus calculated oxygen amount.