An analysis system configured to analyze exhaust gas exhausted front a lest article including an engine in order to facilitate determination of the source of particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas, includes a collection unit configured to collect the particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas, an elemental analysis unit configured to perform elemental analysis of the particulate matter collected in the collection unit, a storage unit configured to store content data of one or a plurality of elements contained in a constituent constituting a portion of the test article, and an inference unit configured to infer the source of the particulate matter on the basis of the content data stored in the storage unit and an elemental analysis result provided by the elemental analysis unit.

A process dilutes an aerosol by feeding an input aerosol through an inlet pipe surrounded by an annular space to a first mixing stage. An output aerosol leaves purified via an outlet as a particle-free clean gas. The particle-free clean gas is fed to the annular space upstream of the outlet and is mixed with the aerosol. A mixing stage includes an inlet pipe feeding aerosol as inlet aerosol. A downstream purification device purifies outlet aerosol leaving the mixing stage via an outlet pipe to form the particle-free clean gas. A mass flow controller and a pump suction off the outlet aerosol from the outlet pipe. A return line, for the clean gas, leads upstream into the annular space.

The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the concentrations of various species in exhaust gas expelled from a stationary source. The system comprises an exhaust passage and monitoring apparatus for monitoring exhaust gas, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a sampling tube extending into the exhaust passage for collecting a sample of exhaust gas; a sampling cavity in communication with the sampling tube; and one or more sensors for measuring the concentration of one or more airborne species within the sampling cavity, wherein the monitoring apparatus comprises suction generating apparatus in communication with the sampling cavity for drawing exhaust gas along the sampling tube into the sampling cavity. The invention further relates to a monitoring apparatus for attachment to an exhaust passage of a stationary source and a method of fitting the apparatus to an exhaust passage.

An exhaust sampling system includes a dilution tunnel in which exhaust gas from an engine is diluted with a diluent gas, a sample probe in fluid communication with the dilution tunnel, a sample collector, a first flow path in fluid communication with the sample probe and the sample collector, a source of fill gas, a second flow path in fluid communication with the source of fill gas and the sample collector, and a controller that selectively supplies the diluted exhaust gas to the sample collector through the first flow path during a test phase, and that selectively supplies the fill gas to the sample collector through the second flow path during the test phase. At least a portion of the second flow path is different than the first flow path.

To enable exhaust gas analysis by taking into account the influence of particulates contained in air in a test chamber, an analysis system that analyzes exhaust gas discharged from a test piece that is provided in the test chamber and that includes an engine includes a sampling unit that samples the particulates contained in the air in the test chamber, a first analyzing unit that analyzes the particulates sampled by the sampling unit, and an analysis result output unit that outputs an analysis result of the first analyzing unit.

The present claimed invention provides an exhaust gas analysis system using a dilution sampling method with an exhaust gas analysis device that can calculate a measured value such as a concentration of a component to be measured in an exhaust gas with higher accuracy. The exhaust gas analysis device analyzes a diluted exhaust gas, and comprises an analyzing part that measures a component to be measured in the diluted exhaust gas, an introducing path that introduces the diluted exhaust gas into the analyzing part and that has a resistance part, a viscous component concentration determining part that determines a concentration of a viscous component that is in the diluted exhaust gas and that is different from the component to be measured, and a correction part that corrects the measured value measured by the analyzing part in accordance with the concentration of the viscous component.

Exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust port is taken into an exhaust gas sampling unit together with the surrounding outside air. A leak detection mechanism, which detects the leakage of exhaust gas from a sampling port, includes a temperature sensor including an outside and an inside temperature sensors, and a temperature measuring instrument for measuring a temperature difference between inside and outside temperatures detected by the temperature sensor. A plurality of inside/outside paired temperature sensors is disposed in the circumferential direction of the sampling port. When a leak occurs, the temperature of the inside temperature sensors rises and the temperature difference between the inside and the outer and outside temperature sensors increases, and the temperature measuring instrument detects the leak. When a leak occurs in a portion of the circumferential direction, only the temperature difference of the portion where the leak occurs is increased, and the location of the leak is identified.

An exhaust gas sampling system includes a main conveying line, a main throughput pump which conveys a sample gas in the main conveying line, a first Venturi nozzle, a second Venturi nozzle, a first control valve, and a second control valve. The first Venturi nozzle and the second Venturi nozzle are connected in parallel and are arranged in the main conveying line upstream of the main throughput pump. The first Venturi nozzle is assigned the first control valve. The second Venturi nozzle is assigned the second control valve. Each of the first control valve and the second control valve are provided as a pinch valve. Each pinch valve has a flexible, hose-like control element and a pressure chamber which is filled with a fluid and which is arranged to surround the flexible, hose-like control element.

A filter made of a sponge material having air permeability and elasticity is interposed between an exhaust port of an exhaust gas sampling unit and a sampling port to thereby close a gap between the exhaust port and the sampling port. In this state, when the exhaust gas sampling unit is suctioned at a constant flow rate, the exhaust gas and the outside air around the exhaust port are taken into the exhaust gas sampling unit from the sampling port. At this time, the flow rate of the outside air taken in through the filter is suppressed by the air-flow resistance of the filter, and therefore the total flow rate of the exhaust gas and the outside air taken into the exhaust gas sampling unit is caused to be less than the suction flow rate, thereby simply and reliably preventing the exhaust gas from leaking out.

A control cabinet arrangement for an exhaust gas measurement device. The control cabinet arrangement includes a first control cabinet which delimits a first interior space and a second control cabinet which delimits a second interior space. A first heat-generating component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the first interior space. A second component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the second interior space. At least one fluidic connection connects the first interior space and the second interior space. The second component is heatable by an air flow flowing between the first interior space and the second interior space.