Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrocarbon gas sensor
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Application No.: US14274994Application Date: 2014-05-12
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Publication No.: US09678035B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Osamu Nakasone , Satoshi Nishikawa , Shotarou Niizuma , Noriko Hirata , Yuki Nakayama
- Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-101003 20130513
- Main IPC: C25B11/12
- IPC: C25B11/12 ; G01N7/00 ; G01N21/00 ; G01N27/00 ; G01N27/41 ; G01N27/407 ; G01N27/419 ; G01N33/00

Abstract:
Provided is a gas sensor capable of accurately obtaining a hydrocarbon gas concentration even if a measurement gas contains water vapor. A main pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a first internal space such that a hydrocarbon gas in a measurement gas is not substantially burned in the first internal space. An auxiliary pumping cell adjusts an oxygen partial pressure of a second internal space such that inflammable gas components except for hydrocarbon are selectively burned. Then, a measuring pumping cell supplies oxygen to a surface of a measuring electrode. As a result, hydrocarbon existing in the measurement gas being in contact with the measuring electrode is all burned on the surface of the measuring electrode and, based on the magnitude of a current flowing between the measuring electrode and a main pumping electrode at that time, identifies a concentration of a hydrocarbon gas component existing in the measurement gas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140332378A1 HYDROCARBON GAS SENSOR Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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