Calculation device and calculation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10527596-B2
Application number	US-201615232340-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2016
Priority date	Nov 26, 2015
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A calculation device includes: an acquisition unit that obtains a mass concentration of particles in a gas measured in a first measurement station, a number concentration of particles in the gas measured in a second measurement station, and a humidity of the gas measured in the second measurement station; and a calculation unit that calculates a function, which defines a relationship of a mass concentration and a number concentration to a humidity and is used to calculate a mass concentration of particles in the gas in a third measurement station from a number concentration of particles in the gas and a humidity of the gas measured in the third measurement station, based on the mass concentration in the first measurement station and the number concentration and the humidity in the second measurement station, the third measurement station being installed in a different location from the first and second measurement stations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A calculation device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
obtain a mass concentration of particles contained in a gas measured in a first measurement station, a number concentration of particles contained in the gas measured in a second measurement station, and a humidity of the gas measured in the second measurement station; and
calculate a function, which defines a relationship of a mass concentration and a number concentration to a humidity and is used to calculate a mass concentration of particles contained in the gas in a third measurement station from a number concentration of particles contained in the gas and a humidity of the gas measured in the third measurement station, based on the mass concentration in the first measurement station and the number concentration and the humidity in the second measurement station obtained by the acquisition unit, the third measurement station being installed in a location different from a location where the first measurement station and the second measurement station are installed,
wherein the processor is configured to obtain a plurality of the mass concentrations measured in the first measurement station for a predetermined period of time and a plurality of the number concentrations and a plurality of the humidities measured in the second measurement station for the predetermined period of time, and calculate the function based on the plurality of the mass concentrations, the plurality of the number concentrations, and the plurality of the humidities.

2. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the first measurement station and the second measurement station are located in a same location.

3. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the first measurement station and the second measurement station are located in different locations, and
a distance between the first measurement station and the second measurement station is less than a distance between the first measurement station and the third measurement station.

4. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to obtain the plurality of the mass concentrations in the first measurement station measured at regular or odd intervals and a plurality of the number concentrations and the plurality of the humidities in the second measurement station measured at regular or odd intervals, and calculate the function at regular or odd intervals.

5. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the first measurement station, the second measurement station, and the third measurement station are installed in each of a plurality of cells, and
the processor is configured to calculate the mass concentration in the third measurement station based on the mass concentration in the first measurement station in one of the plurality of cells and the number concentration and the humidity in the second measurement station in the one of the plurality of cell.

6. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to obtain the mass concentration in each of a plurality of the first measurement stations, and the number concentration and the humidity in each of a plurality of the second measurement stations, and calculate the function based on the mass concentration in each of the plurality of the first measurement stations, the number concentration and the humidity in each of the plurality of the second measurement stations, and distances between the plurality of the second measurement stations and the third measurement station.

7. The calculation device of claim 6 , wherein
the processor is configured to weight the distances based on information on an environment of at least one of the plurality of the first measurement stations, the plurality of the second measurement stations, and the third measurement station to calculate the function.

8. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to calculate a composition of the particles contained in the gas in the first measurement station based on the function and a plurality of functions each defining a relation of a mass concentration and a number concentration to a humidity and being preliminarily set so as to correspond to each constituent of particles.

9. The calculation device of claim 8 , wherein
each of the function and the plurality of functions is a ratio of a number concentration to a mass concentration varying as a function of a humidity.

10. The calculation device of claim 9 , wherein
the processor is configured to calculate the composition based on a factor of a linear combination when the function is represented by the linear combination of the plurality of functions.

11. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to calculate the mass concentration of particles contained in the gas in the third measurement station from the number concentration of particles contained in the gas measured in the third measurement station based on the function.

12. The calculation device of claim 1 , wherein
the function is a ratio of a number concentration to a mass concentration varying as a function of a humidity.

13. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a calculation program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
obtaining a mass concentration of particles contained in a gas measured in a first measurement station, a number concentration of particles contained in the gas measured in a second measurement station, and a humidity of the gas measured in the second measurement station; and
calculating a function, which defines a relationship of a mass concentration and a number concentration to a humidity and is used to calculate a mass concentration of particles contained in the gas in a third measurement station from a number concentration of particles contained in the gas and a humidity of the gas measured in the third measurement station, based on the mass concentration in the first measurement station and the number concentration and the humidity in the second measurement station obtained in the obtaining, the third measurement station being installed in a location different from a location where the first measurement station and the second measurement station are installed,
wherein:
the obtaining includes obtaining a plurality of the mass concentrations measured in the first measurement station for a predetermined period of time and a plurality of the number concentrations and a plurality of the humidities measured in the second measurement station for the predetermined period of time; and
the calculating includes calculating the function based on the plurality of the mass concentrations, the plurality of the number concentrations, and the plurality of the humidities.

14. A calculation method executed in a computer, the calculation method comprising:
obtaining a mass concentration of particles contained in a gas measured in a first measurement station, a number concentration of particles contained in the gas measured in a second measurement station, and a humidity of the gas measured in the second measurement station; and
calculating a function, which defines a relationship of a mass concentration and a number concentration to a humidity and is used to calculate a mass concentration of particles contained in the gas in a third measurement station from a number concentration of particles contained in the gas and a humidity of the gas measured in the third measurement station, based on the mass concentration in the first measurement station and the number concentration and the humidit

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Takasu Ryozo

Classifications

• G01N15/02

  Investigating particle size or size distribution (by measuring osmotic pressure G01N7/10; investigating sedimentation of particle suspensions G01N15/04; investigating individual particles G01N15/10) · CPC title

• G01N33/0027 Primary

  concerning the detector · CPC title

• G01N15/0618 Primary

  of the filter type (G01N15/0643 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N2015/0046

  in gas, e.g. smoke · CPC title

• G01N33/0062 Primary

  concerning the measuring method or the display, e.g. intermittent measurement or digital display · CPC title