Abstract:
The present invention related to a test strip and a method for humidity detection. The test strip comprises two humidity detecting materials for detecting humidity change and one of the humidity detecting materials is exposed to outer environment. Detect the two humidity changes to obtain a ratio that is used for comparing with a value and then it can prevent from exceeding a predetermined humidity value, and whereby the test strip and the method could achieve the goal of simple humidity detection.
Abstract:
A flexible gas sensor includes a housing with a predetermined form factor, a photoacoustic gas sensing chamber, and at least one of acoustic, temperature, relative humidity or pressure sensors in combination with processing circuitry which can emulate the characteristic gas response output of a catalytic bead pellistor-type gas sensor in response to a selected gas. The processing circuitry can include a programmable processor and a storage unit. The storage unit can be loaded with data and executable instructions to specify, at least in part, how the signals from the photoacoustic sensor are to be processed by the processing circuitry.
Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide means to obtain correct gas density and flux measurements using (i) gas analyzer (open-path, or closed-path gas analyzers with short intake tube, for example 1 m long, or any combination of the two); (ii) fast temperature or sensible heat flux measurement device (such as, fine-wire thermocouple, sonic anemometer, or any other device providing fast accurate gas temperature measurements); (iii) fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (such as, hygrometer, NDIR analyzer, any other device providing fast accurate gas water content measurements); (iv) vertical wind or sampling device (such as sonic anemometer, scintillometer, or fast solenoid valve, etc.) and (v) algorithms in accordance with the present invention to compute the corrected gas flux, compensated for T-P effects. In case when water factor in T-P effects is negligible, the fast air water content or latent heat flux measurement device (item iii in last paragraph) can be excluded.
Abstract:
A method of and an apparatus for determining the individual existence of first and second groups of particles contained in a fluid and differing in characteristics from each other that are capable of, e.g., during an automatized ion exchange operation, individually distinguishing anionic and cationic ion-exchange resin particles and capable of easily monitoring their regeneration state. A plurality of beams comprising different wavelength bands are emitted from light-emitting elements, projected onto a subject of measurement containing first and second particles, and received by light-receiving elements, and the reflectivities of the beams are measured. When the ratio of the reflectivity of a first of the beams to that of a second of the beams is above a predetermined value, the subject of measurement is determined to contain particles of the first kind, whereas when that ratio in reflectivity is below the predetermined value, the subject of measurement is determined to contain particles of the second kind.