摘要:
An oxygen sensor is disclosed in which an airtight reference chamber (32) isolated from a surrounding space is formed on one main surface of a solid electrolyte (10), a current is supplied to the solid electrolyte to pump out oxygen from the reference chamber in such a manner that oxygen in the reference chamber is ionized and then passes through the solid electrolyte, means is provided for transferring oxygen from the surrounding space to the reference chamber in such a manner that oxygen in the surrounding space is ionized and then passes through the solid electrolyte, and the oxygen concentration in the surrounding space is detected on the basis of the current supplied to the solid electrolyte.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration measuring apparatus having two electrodes (12, 13) formed on respective sides of a thin plate of a solid electrolyte (11), one of the electrodes (12) being exposed to a diffusion chamber (16) having a diffusion aperture. The diffusion chamber (16) has a very small depth (h) and the diffusion aperture (24, 25) has a slit-like form extending laterally from the diffusior chamber (16), thereby attaining a good response characteristics of the oxygen concentration measuring apparatus Disclosed also is a method of producing this oxygen concentration measuring apparatus.
摘要:
0 An air-fuel ratio sensor installed in exhaust gas emitted by an internal combustion engine for detecting from the exhaust composition on the air-fuel ratio in the engine becoming equal to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The sensor comprises a solid electrolytic layer of zirconia (10), a pair of electrodes (20, 30) formed on both sides of the electrolytic layer, and a cover (70) provided over the electrolytic layer to enclose one of the electrodes, with a diffusion room formed between the cover and the electrolytic layer and with a gas diffusion hole (5) formed to communicate the diffusion room with the outside of the sensor. The electrode (20) in the diffusion room works as a positive electrode, while another electrode (30) works as a negative electrode to conduct a current (lp) between these electrodes so as to control the oxygen concentration in the diffusion room as a reference oxygen concentration. The fact that the air-fuel ratio has become equal to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is detected from a voltage (Eo) appearing between the electrodes.
摘要:
0 An air-fuel ratio sensor installed in exhaust gas emitted by an internal combustion engine for detecting from the exhaust composition on the air-fuel ratio in the engine becoming equal to a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The sensor comprises a solid electrolytic layer of zirconia (10), a pair of electrodes (20, 30) formed on both sides of the electrolytic layer, and a cover (70) provided over the electrolytic layer to enclose one of the electrodes, with a diffusion room formed between the cover and the electrolytic layer and with a gas diffusion hole (5) formed to communicate the diffusion room with the outside of the sensor. The electrode (20) in the diffusion room works as a positive electrode, while another electrode (30) works as a negative electrode to conduct a current (lp) between these electrodes so as to control the oxygen concentration in the diffusion room as a reference oxygen concentration. The fact that the air-fuel ratio has become equal to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is detected from a voltage (Eo) appearing between the electrodes.
摘要:
An oxygen concentration measuring apparatus having two electrodes (12, 13) formed on respective sides of a thin plate of a solid electrolyte (11), one of the electrodes (12) being exposed to a diffusion chamber (16) having a diffusion aperture. The diffusion chamber (16) has a very small depth (h) and the diffusion aperture (24, 25) has a slit-like form extending laterally from the diffusior chamber (16), thereby attaining a good response characteristics of the oxygen concentration measuring apparatus Disclosed also is a method of producing this oxygen concentration measuring apparatus.
摘要:
An air-fuel ratio in the lean range is detected by measuring a limiting current when oxygen diffused to a first electrode (123; 2; 51) is pumped to a second electrode (124; 3; 52) via a solid electrolyte. A stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is detected from electromotive force between first (123; 2; 51) and third electrodes (126; 6; 53) when oxygen is pumped from the first electrode (123; 2; 51) to the third electrode (126; 6; 53). The invention is characterized by use of such three electrodes. Furthermore, an air-fuel ratio in a rich range is detected by either sending oxygen from the first electrode (123; 2; 51) to the third electrode (126; 6; 53) via the solid electrolyte (127; 1; 50) and measuring a current when the electromotive force between the first and third electrodes is controlled to be constant, or measuring a current when the air-fuel ratio range is judged as "rich" from this electromotive force and the polarity of the impressed voltage at the time of lean detection is reversed.