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12. THEORY OF OPERATION
The T300/T300M Gas Filter Correlation Carbon monoxide Analyzer is a
microprocessor-controlled analyzer that determines the concentration of carbon
monoxide (CO) in a sample gas drawn through the instrument. It requires that the
sample and calibration gases be supplied at ambient atmospheric pressure in order to
establish a stable gas flow through the sample chamber where the gases ability to absorb
infrared radiation is measured.
Calibration of the instrument is performed in software and does not require physical
adjustments to the instrument. During calibration, the microprocessor measures the
current state of the IR Sensor output and various other physical parameters of the
instrument and stores them in memory.
The microprocessor uses these calibration values, the IR absorption measurements made
on the sample gas along with data regarding the current temperature and pressure of the
gas to calculate a final CO concentration.
This concentration value and the original information from which it was calculated are
stored in one of the unit’s internal data acquisition system (DAS - See Sections 7) as
well as reported to the user via front panel display display or a variety of digital and
analog signal outputs.
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