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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Hong T. Sun, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Peter C. Hsi, Fremont, CA (US);
RAE Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A photo-ionization detector (PID) including two detection units controls gas flows through the ionization chambers of the detection units for real-time self-cleaning and measurement. Operation of the PID can include flowing gas through the ionization chamber of one detection unit to measure the volatile gas concentration while stopping gas flow through the ionization chamber of the other detection unit. A UV lamp converts oxygen contained in the closed ionization chamber to ozone, which removes contamination in the closed ionization chamber, Continuous gas flows can alternate between one ionization chamber to the other. Alternatively, a PID with only one gas detection unit intermittently interrupts the flow of the ambient gas in the ionization chamber.