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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2002
Akira Makihara, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiro Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Ken Ohmae, Osaka, JP;
Osaka Sanso Kogyo Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for analyzing the oxygen concentration of a gas with an oxygen concentration analyzer of such a type that a probe sensor, when supplied with a gas to be analyzed, produces an electrical output which is proportional to the concentration of oxygen in the gas, comprising the steps of preparing a first gas mixture in which an oxygen-free gas and a sample gas are mixed at a certain flow ratio and a second gas mixture in which the oxygen-free gas and the sample gas are mixed at a different flow ratio than in the first gas mixture, passing the first gas mixture and the second gas mixture asynchronously into the probe sensor, and comparing the electrical outputs from the sensor for the first gas mixture and the second gas mixture, as well as the proportions of the flow of the sample gas in the first gas mixture and the second gas mixture to thereby calculate the oxygen concentration in the sample gas. The method eliminates the need to perform frequent zero adjustment and enables the oxygen concentration in the sample gas to be measured with consistent results.