Multi-spectral gas analyzer system with multiple sets of spectral sensitivity

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11022545-B2
Application number	US-201615176480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2016
Priority date	Aug 10, 2015
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

A system and method for multi-spectral gas concentration analysis that includes using a library of multiple sets of optimized spectral sensitivities prepared in advance, and a multi-spectral IR gas analyzer tuned to a set of optimized spectral sensitivity. The multi-spectral IR gas analyzer measures spectral absorption of gas using one or more different sets of optimized spectral sensitivities.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for multi-spectral gas concentration analysis, the method comprising:
preparing a library of multiple sets of spectral sensitivities;
measuring a first spectral absorption of a gas using a multi-spectral IR gas analyzer tuned to a first set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities;
comparing a signal level of the first measured spectral absorption of the gas by the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer to a predetermined threshold;
switching the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer to a second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities; and
measuring a second spectral absorption of the gas using the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities, wherein
the first set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is for a first gas concentration;
the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is for a second gas concentration; and
the second gas concentration is higher than the first gas concentration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein
in the switching of the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer to the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities, the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is selected based on a gas concentration of the gas measured by a gas concentration sensor included in the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
in the switching of the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer to the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities, the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is selected based on a location of absorption peaks of the first measured spectral absorption of the gas relative to one or more wavelength bands in the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which multiple wavelength bands overlap with absorption peaks of the gas.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which at least one wavelength band partially overlaps absorption peaks of the gas.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which at least one wavelength band does not overlap absorption peaks of the gas.

7. A system for multi-spectral gas concentration analysis, the system comprising:
a library of multiple sets of spectral sensitivities prepared in advance of a spectral absorption measurement;
a multi-spectral IR gas analyzer configured to:
measure a first spectral absorption of a gas using a first set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities;
compare a measured signal level of the first measured spectral absorption of the gas to a predetermined threshold;
output a measuring result of the first measured spectral absorption of the gas in response to the measured signal level being greater than the predetermined threshold;
switch to a second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities in response to the measured signal level being less than or equal to the predetermined threshold; and
measure a second spectral absorption of the gas using the second set in response to the measured signal level being less than or equal to the predetermined threshold.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer is configured to switch to the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities based on a gas concentration of the gas measured by a gas concentration sensor included in the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the multi-spectral IR gas analyzer is configured to select the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities based on a location of absorption peaks of the first measured spectral absorption of the gas relative to one or more wavelength bands in the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein
the first set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is for a first gas concentration,
the second set of the multiple sets of spectral sensitivities is for a second gas concentration, and
the second gas concentration is higher than the first concentration.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which multiple wavelength bands overlap with absorption peaks of the gas.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which at least one wavelength band partially overlaps absorption peaks of the gas.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the multiple spectral sensitivity sets contain at least one set in which at least one wavelength band does not overlap absorption peaks of the gas.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Laboratory Usa Inc
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Usa Inc

Inventors

• Wang Leiming
• Hung Po-Chieh

Classifications

• G01N33/225

  Gaseous fuels, e.g. natural gas · CPC title

• G01J2003/2836

  Programming unit, i.e. source and date processing · CPC title

• G01J2003/1239

  and separate detectors · CPC title

• G01J2003/2826

  Multispectral imaging, e.g. filter imaging · CPC title

• G01N2201/124

  Sensitivity · CPC title