The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for gas fingerprinting. The system includes multiple holders having a distinct gas-permeable membrane disposed of therewithin such that a confined space is created behind the membranes. The test gas is pressurized in a single gas reservoir and is allowed to permeate through the membranes into respective confined spaces. The accumulated pressure values behind the utilized membranes (in the confined spaces) at a given time, are simultaneously recorded using pressure sensors. The recorded gas accumulation data is processed by a computing device to determine a characteristic property for each test gas. The system ability to fingerprint gases is demonstrated by ten test gases including helium, neon, argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, propane, and ethylene, and is also able to discriminate between closely related gases.

A sample introduction device 10 includes a tube holding section 21 and a sample removing mechanism 40. The sample removing mechanism 40 removes a sample 6 in a sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21. Thus, in the sample introduction device 10, the sample 6 in the sample tube 2 held by the tube holding section 21 can be automatically removed. As a result, the operator no longer needs to perform an operation of taking out the sample 6 from the sample tube 2. Thus, a work load on the operator can be reduced.

A coring tool includes a coring bit to cut and detach a core sample from a subsurface formation formed in a borehole. The coring tool includes a pressure vessel that includes a core chamber to store the core sample at a pressure and a piston positioned adjacent to the core chamber. The pressure vessel includes a chamber adjacent to the piston and a gas reservoir to store a gas that expands as the gas is moved to a surface of the borehole. The pressure vessel includes a valve coupled to an inlet of the chamber and an outlet of the gas reservoir, wherein the gas is to flow into the chamber when the valve is open to move the piston to cause an increase in the pressure of the core chamber.

A gas sensor includes a gas sensor element for detecting the concentration of a specific gas in a gas under measurement, a tubular housing having an opening, a sealing member closing the opening, and a heat dissipating member having a rear end located at the same position or forward of the rear end of the housing. The heat dissipating member reduces heat transferred from the forward end side of the gas sensor to the sealing member and includes a connection portion connected to the housing, and a main portion extending rearward from the connection portion such that a gap is formed between the main portion and the housing. The main portion has heat dissipating openings for establishing communication between the gap and a space on the outer circumferential side of the heat dissipating member. The heat dissipating openings are formed on the rear end side of the main portion.

A system and method for ascertaining the concentration of a preselected target substance, characterized by a mitigated tendency for yielding results distorted by a departure from a state of calibration, i.e., by “drift”, which drift is ordinarily caused by temperature and humidity variations; drift-mitigation is achieved by exposure of a target substance to a metal oxide semiconductor material, the temperature of a heating element operatively associated with said material being cycled between a low-temperature interval and a high-temperature interval, in which latter interval the material's temperature is raised to a level at or above the minimum temperature for rapid formation of one or more oxides of the target substance, the oxide formation taking place in a sufficiently short time that the conductivity is reflective of a transient signal amplitude in a brief interval of time, such that the external factors causing drift do not have sufficient opportunity to distort the concentration determination.

A MEMS gas sensor is disclosed. In an embodiment a MEMS gas sensor includes a carrier having a recess, a gas sensitive element arranged in the recess and a shielding layer at least partially covering the recess.

The gas measurement device includes a filter having a plurality of openings, each opening being variable in size, an adjustment mechanism configured to vary size of the plurality of openings, a first gas sensor configured to detect gas molecules passing through an opening of the filter and output a first measurement value corresponding to the detected gas molecules, and a second gas sensor configured to detect the gas molecules passing through the opening of the filter, output a second measurement value corresponding to the detected gas molecules, and detect gas molecules of a gas species different from the gas molecules detected by the second gas sensor.

A gas sensor includes a sensor element, and the sensor element includes a bottomed tubular solid electrolyte, a detection electrode provided on an outer surface of the solid electrolyte, a reference electrode provided on an inner surface of the solid electrolyte. The detection electrode of the sensor element includes a detection electrode section provided at a position on a tip side of an axial direction, an attachment electrode section provided at a position on a base end side of the axial direction, and a lead electrode section provided at a position where the detection electrode section is connected to the attachment electrode section. An insulating layer is provided between a tube of the solid electrolyte and each of the attachment electrode section and the lead electrode section.

Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a hydrogen sensor, the method comprising the steps of: disposing a thin film made of a transition metal or an alloy thereof on a surface of elastic substrate; applying a tensile force in a repetitive manner to the elastic substrate to form a nanocrack on the thin film disposed on the surface of the elastic substrate; and injecting hydrogen gas into the formed nanocrack and then removing the hydrogen gas to form a nanogap, wherein the tensile force in the step of forming a nanocrack is applied to an extent that the elastic substrate has a tensile strain of 25% to 100%.

This gas imaging device makes it possible to photograph gas without placing a burden on a user while enhancing the evidential reliability of imaging results. This gas imaging device comprises: an infrared imaging section for imaging, under a predetermined first photography condition, infrared radiation from a given area from which gas could leak; an image processing section for generating an image of the given area on the basis of output results from the infrared imaging section; and a control section for, on the basis of vicinity information for the given area and the output results of the infrared imaging section, calculating a reliability indicating whether the first photography condition is suitable for photography of the gas and storing an image of the given area in a storage section in association with at least one from among the reliability and the vicinity information.