Exhaust gas flowmeter and exhaust gas analyzing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9410872-B2
Application number	US-201414278298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2014
Priority date	May 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

The present invention is adapted to be provided with: a first sampling line for sampling raw exhaust gas; a first concentration measuring part that measures the concentration of the predetermined target component contained in the raw exhaust gas; a second sampling line for sampling diluted exhaust gas; a second concentration measuring part that measures the concentration of the target component contained in the diluted exhaust gas; and an arithmetic unit that, with use of first measured concentration, second measured concentration, and a diluted exhaust gas flow rate, calculates a raw exhaust gas flow rate, wherein in a state where the first sampling line and the first concentration measuring part are heated, the first concentration measuring part measures the concentration of the target component contained in the raw exhaust gas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust gas flowmeter used for an exhaust gas dilution system that is provided with a main flow path through which exhaust gas emitted from an internal combustion engine flows, and a diluent gas flow path through which diluent gas for diluting the exhaust gas flows, the diluent gas flow path meeting the main flow path, the exhaust gas flowmeter comprising:
a first sampling line for, from an upstream side of a meeting point between the main flow path and the diluent gas flow path in the main flow path, sampling raw exhaust gas that is the exhaust gas before dilution;
a first concentration measuring part that is provided in the first sampling line to measure concentration of a predetermined target component contained in the raw exhaust gas;
a second sampling line for, from a downstream side of the meeting point in the main flow path, sampling diluted exhaust gas that is the exhaust gas after dilution;
a second concentration measuring part that is provided in the second sampling line to measure concentration of the predetermined target component contained in the diluted exhaust gas; and
an arithmetic unit that, with use of first measured concentration of the predetermined target component obtained by the first concentration measuring part, second measured concentration of the predetermined target component obtained by the second concentration measuring part, and a diluted exhaust gas flow rate that is a flow rate of the diluted exhaust gas, calculates a raw exhaust gas flow rate that is a flow rate of the raw exhaust gas, wherein
in a state where the first sampling line and the first concentration measuring part are heated, the first concentration measuring part measures the concentration of the predetermined target component contained in the raw exhaust gas.

2. The exhaust gas flowmeter according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state where the second sampling line and the second concentration measuring part are heated, the second concentration measuring part measures the concentration of the predetermined target component contained in the diluted exhaust gas.

3. The exhaust gas flowmeter according to claim 1 , wherein
the heated concentration measuring part comprises
a moisture concentration meter that measures moisture concentrations in the exhaust gas,
a target component concentration meter that measures moisture-influenced concentration that is concentration of the predetermined target component in the exhaust gas in a state of being influenced by moisture, and
calculates the concentration of the predetermined target component contained in the exhaust gas as concentration that is the moisture-influenced concentration from which an influence of the moisture is removed with use of the moisture concentration.

4. An exhaust gas analyzing system using the exhaust gas flowmeter according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Horiba Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshimura Tomoshi

Classifications

• G01F9/00

  Measuring volume flow relative to another variable, e.g. of liquid fuel for an engine · CPC title

• G01N21/3554

  for determining moisture content · CPC title

• G01N1/2252 Primary

  in a vehicle exhaust · CPC title

• F01N2560/07

  the means being an exhaust gas flow rate or velocity meter or sensor, intake flow meters only when exclusively used to determine exhaust gas parameters · CPC title

• G01F1/704

  using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter (G01F1/76, G01F25/00 take precedence) · CPC title