Gas concentration monitoring system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6181426
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09054483

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A system for monitoring the concentration level of a gas in a monitored environment, e.g., for monitoring the concentration level of a fire suppression agent in the engine bay and/or cargo bay of an aircraft. The system includes a light source for producing source light, an optical system that directs the source light along a plurality of different optical paths having different respective optical path lengths, and a plurality of photodectors that are positioned to receive the source light that traverses different respective ones of the plurality of different optical path lengths, and which produce a plurality of output signals indicative of the concentration level of the gas in the monitored environment. In the preferred embodiment, the system further includes a narrow band spectral filter positioned between the light source and each photodetector, wherein the narrow band spectral filter has a narrow band pass that is matched to a selected optical absorption wavelength of the gas.

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION A MARYLAND CORPMD

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bender, Gerald M St. Louis, MO 6 99
Shawgo, Loyal B St. Charles, MO 4 41

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