Abstract:
A method for estimating the sulfur content in the fuel of an internal combustion engine (1) equipped with a catalyser (11); the method providing the use of a current sulfur concentration value (S old ) and the correction of said current sulfur concentration value (S old ) in order to obtain a new sulfur concentration value (S new ).
Abstract:
A diagnostic system for monitoring catalyst performance in an exhaust system comprises a plurality of treatment devices (20,30,50,70,80) catalytically treating an exhaust gas stream, and a plurality of gas sensors (10,40,60) for monitoring the catalyst performance of the treatment devices (20,30,50,70,80) to determine when sulfur poisoning occurs. An on-board diagnostic system receives signals from the gas sensors (10,40,60), and, based upon response time differentials between sensors (10,40,60), determines whether the treatment devices (20,30,50,70,80) are experiencing sulfur poisoning.
Abstract:
Method of detecting the presence of sulphur in a construction material such as asphalt or concrete comprising the steps of: • (a) adding a quantity of the construction material to a solvent to form a test solution, wherein the solvent is capable of solubilising all or part of any sulphur which is present in the construction material and wherein the solvent is miscible with an aqueous solution; and • (b) detecting the presence of sulphur in the test solution by (i) adding to the solution a reagent which induces part or all of any sulphur present in the test solution to precipitate and (ii) measuring the turbidity of the test solution after the precipitation has been formed. The present invention further relates to a sulphur detection kit for detecting the presence of sulphur in construction materials such as asphalt or concrete.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a reactor having a heater, a passage for transporting a reactant, and a chamber containing a gas sample and being coupled to the passage for receiving the reactant and mixing the reactant with the gas sample. The reactor further includes a connector leading from the chambre to the heater for transporting a mixture of the reactant and gas sample, and wherein the heater heats the mixture of the reactant and gas sample.
Abstract:
The invention relates to non-toxic combustion decomposition accelerators and processes for their production for elemental analysis. The non-toxic accelerators may be either single component or multicomponent. The single component non-toxic accelerators are glass frit, niobium pentoxide, and inorganic phosphate compounds. The multicomponent accelerators are formed from a combination of the foregoing, and most preferably from (a) one or more of niobium pentoxide, tungsten oxide and mixtures thereof, and (b) one or more of glass frit, inorganic phosphate compounds, and mixtures thereof.
Abstract:
A method of determining sulfur loading of an organic polysulfide composition comprises reacting the organic polysulfide composition with an organic phosphine to produce reaction products comprising organic phosphine sulfide and an organic sulfide selected from the group consisting of organic disulfide, organic trisulfide and mixtures thereof; and analyzing the reaction products by gas chromatography to determine the amount of sulfur.