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Real-time exhaust gas modular flowmeter and emissions reporting system for mobile apparatusA real-time emissions reporting system includes an instrument module adapted to be detachably connected to the exhaust pipe of a combustion engine to provide for flow of exhaust gas therethrough. The instrument module includes a differential pressure probe which allows for determination of flow rate of the exhaust gas and a gas sampling tube for continuously feeding a sample of the exhaust gas to a gas analyzer or a mounting location for a non-sampling gas analyzer. In addition to the module, the emissions reporting system also includes an elastomeric boot for detachably connecting the module to the exhaust pipe of the combustion engine, a gas analyzer for receiving and analyzing gases sampled within the module and a computer for calculating pollutant mass flow rates based on concentrations detected by the gas analyzer and the detected flowrate of the exhaust gas. The system may also include a particulate matter detector with a second gas sampling tube feeding same mounted within the instrument module.
Document ID
20080004957
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Breton, Leo Alphonse Gerard
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
October 29, 2002
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-715067
Patent Number: US-PATENT-6,470,732
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-6,470,732
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-715067
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