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US 12,590,890 · App. 17/615,529 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Sample gas analysis device, sample gas analysis method, and program for sample gas analysis

Inventor: Jorge Eduardo Lamas De Anda (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: HORIBA, LTD.
G01N21/3504G01N21/314G01N2021/3595G01N2201/1293
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Patent No.
US 12,590,890
App. No.
17/615,529
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Presented is a sample gas analysis device that reduces a measurement error due to a coexistence influence of another measurement target component different from the measurement target component, analyzes a concentration of a plurality of measurement target components in a sample gas by performing multivariate analysis using a spectroscopic spectrum obtained by irradiating the sample gas with light, and includes a library data storage configured to store library data including a plurality of spectrum data corresponding to a plurality of the measurement target components used for the multivariate analysis, and a concentration calculator configured to calculate the concentration of the plurality of measurement target components in the sample gas by the multivariate analysis using the plurality of library data stored in the library data storage.

Claims (25)

1 . A sample gas analysis device using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy configured to analyze a concentration of a measurement target component in a sample gas by performing multivariate analysis using infrared absorption spectrum data obtained by irradiating the sample gas with light, the sample gas analysis device comprising:

a library data storage configured to store library data including a plurality of spectrum data corresponding to a plurality of the measurement target components used for the multivariate analysis; and

a concentration calculator configured to calculate the concentration of the measurement target component in the sample gas by the multivariate analysis using the library data stored in the library data storage, wherein

the sample gas includes a first component that is a measurement target component and a second component that is an interference component that coexist with the first component, and

the library data storage stores, as part of the plurality of spectrum data, at least one of coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the second component or coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the first component, wherein the concentration calculator calculates the concentration of the first component from each peak position of the infrared absorption spectrum data and a corresponding height by multivariate analysis using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, and in the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component and the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, concentrations of the first component and the second component are known, respectively.

2 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration calculator calculates a concentration of the first component in which the coexistence influence of the second component is suppressed, by using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component.

3 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration calculator calculates a concentration of the first component in which an interference influence of the second component on the first component is suppressed, by using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component.

4 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first component, the second component, and a third component coexist, and

the library data storage stores, as part of the plurality of spectrum data, at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component having a spectrum shape changed due to the coexistence influence of the second component and/or the third component, the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component having a spectrum shape changed due to the coexistence influence of the first component and/or the third component, or coexistence influence spectrum data of the third component having a spectrum shape changed due to the coexistence influence of the first component and/or the second component.

5 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 4 , wherein the concentration calculator calculates a concentration of the first component in which the coexistence influence of at least one of the second component or the third component is suppressed, by using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component, the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the third component.

6 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 4 , wherein the concentration calculator calculates a concentration of the first component in which an interference influence of at least one of the second component or the third component is suppressed, by using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component, the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the third component.

7 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 4 , wherein the concentration calculator calculates a concentration of the third component in which an interference influence of at least one of the first component or the second component is suppressed, by using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component, the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the third component.

8 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the second component is H 2 O or CO 2 .

9 . The sample gas analysis device according to claim 4 , wherein one of the second component or the third component is H 2 O, and another one of the second component or the third component is CO 2 .

10 . The sample gas analysis device according to claims 1 , wherein the sample gas is exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine.

11 . A sample gas analysis method using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, analyzing a concentration of a measurement target component in a sample gas by performing multivariate analysis using infrared absorption spectrum data obtained by irradiating the sample gas with light, the method comprising:

calculating the concentration of the measurement target component in the sample gas by the multivariate analysis using library data including a plurality of spectrum data corresponding to a plurality of the measurement target components used for the multivariate analysis, wherein the sample gas includes a first component that is a measurement target component and a second component that is an interference component that coexists with the first component; and

calculating the concentration of the first component from each peak position of the infrared absorption spectrum data and a corresponding height by multivariate analysis using, the infrared absorption spectrum data as part of the plurality of spectrum data, at least one of coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the second component or coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the first component, and in the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component and the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, concentrations of the first component and the second component are known, respectively.

12 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions of a program for sample gas analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the program being configured to analyze a concentration of a measurement target component in a sample gas by performing multivariate analysis using infrared absorption spectrum data obtained by irradiating the sample gas with light, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to fulfill a function as:

a library data storage configured to store library data including a plurality of spectrum data corresponding to a plurality of the measurement target components used for the multivariate analysis; and

a concentration calculator configured to calculate the concentration of the measurement target component in the sample gas by the multivariate analysis using the library data stored in the library data storage, wherein

the sample gas includes a first component that is a measurement target component and a second component that is an interference component that coexists with the first component,

the library data storage stores, as part of the plurality of spectrum data, at least one of coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the second component or coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component having a spectrum shape changed due to a coexistence influence of the first component, and

the concentration calculator calculates the concentration of the first component from each peak position of the infrared absorption spectrum data and a corresponding height by multivariate analysis using at least one of the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component or the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, and in the coexistence influence spectrum data of the first component and the coexistence influence spectrum data of the second component, concentrations of the first component and the second component are known, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: LAMAS DE ANDA, JORGE EDUARDO
To: HORIBA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058305/0098 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-125780 · Jul 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220317033A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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