Method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a gas in isolation from gas pressure fluctuations
CA 2014337 C · Owner: Goulding, Peter · Inventors: Goulding, Peter
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A method and apparatus for measuring a parameter of a test gas in isolation from gas pressure fluctuations. A pump draws the test gas through an air capacitor into a sensor, storing the gas in the capacitor. A valve closes a fluid flow path which admits the test gas to the air capacitor and opens a fluid flow path between the air capacitor and a constant pressure alternate gas source, isolating the air capacitor and the sensor from pressure fluctuations in the test gas. The air capacitor prevents any mixing of the test gas with the alternate gas until measurement of the unknown parameter has been accomplished.
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- Filed April 11, 1990 and granted October 21, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 11, 2010.
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