Abstract:
A multi-gas analysis includes a semiconductor gas sensor driven by a constant resistance driver circuit with a driving current to obtain a sensing output of a gas in a gas sample. A processing unit is operable, based on a reference voltage from the constant resistance driver circuit associated with the driving current, in one of a gas-identification mode, where the gas is identified based on the sensing output obtained in response to fine variation of the operating temperature of the semiconductor gas sensor, and a gas-detection mode, where an analysis result indicative of the concentration of the gas is obtained based on the sensing output obtained in response to an optimal operating temperature of the semiconductor gas sensor.
Abstract:
A portable NDIR breath acetone measurement apparatus includes a portable housing formed with an optical cavity, which is housed in a receiving chamber for containing a gas sample taken from an exhaled breath of a human subject. A control unit controls the temperature in the receiving chamber to a desired temperature, and controls an IR emitter disposed in the receiving chamber to stably emit IR spectrum radiation propagating along a zigzag path toward an IR detector, which is operated at the desired temperature to generate, in response to detection of the IR spectrum radiation, an IR signal that is processed and analyzed by a signal processing unit to obtain a measurement result indicative of the concentration of acetone gas contained in the gas sample.
Abstract:
An NDIR gas detector includes a photodetector for detecting a portion of stray visible light emitted from an incandescent lamp so as to generate an induced electrical signal, which is compared with a preset reference signal associated with a predetermined constant level of the stray visible light corresponding to a constant temperature of the lamp so as to obtain a level difference between the induced electrical signal and the reference signal. Electrical power supplied to the lamp is repeatedly regulated based on the level difference until the induced electrical signal and the reference signal have the same level, thereby stabilizing IR emission of the lamp in response to the lamp being kept at the constant temperature.