2732 results about "Co2 concentration" patented technology

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the delivery of inspired gas, e.g., supplemental O2, to a person combined with gas sampling, including for the purpose of monitoring of the ventilation of the person. In the invention, the delivery of inspired gas and gas sampling are accomplished without the use of a sealed face mask. The apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention comprises an oxygen delivery device, nasal airway pressure sampling devices, optionally an oral airway pressure sampling device and at least one pressure analyzer connected to the sampling devices which determine the phase of the person's respiration cycle and the person's primary airway. The oxygen delivery device is connected to a controller such that it delivers a higher flow of oxygen to the person during the inhalation phase of the person's respiratory cycle. The invention thus increases end tidal oxygen concentrations. The invention further comprises carbon dioxide sampling tubes that continuously sample gas from two nasal sites and the mouth. The nasal sampling tubes are connected to a switching valve that is in turn connected to a capnometer which determines carbon dioxide concentration during exhalation. The oral gas sampling site is connected to a second capnometer.

A system for monitoring and modifying the quality and temperature of air within a conditioned space includes a blower unit, a damper unit for selectively admitting outside air into the conditioned space, a temperature moderating unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a thermostat and conventional temperature control apparatus for selectively activating the temperature moderating unit to maintain the desired temperature in the conditioned space. The control unit also incorporates CO2 concentration measuring and control apparatus which includes a small CO2 sensor. The CO2 sensor includes a cathode, an anode and a solid electrolyte disposed intermediate and electrically in contact with each of the cathode and the anode to effect a primary electrical cell. A heater and a heater thermostat serve to maintain the temperature of the cell at about 250° C. The cathode and anode materials and the chemical composition of the electrolyte are further selected such that the voltage generated across the heated cell varies in accordance with the CO2 concentration. CO2 concentration modifying apparatus is responsive to sensing a first predetermined CO2 concentration for turning on the blower unit and to sensing a second, higher, predetermined CO2 concentration for actuating the damper unit to admit outside air.

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the delivery of supplemental oxygen gas to a person combined with the monitoring of the ventilation of the person with both being accomplished without the use of a sealed face mask. Preferred embodiments of the present invention combine an oxygen delivery device, a nasal airway pressure sampling device, an oral airway pressure sampling device, and a pressure analyzer connected to the sampling devices to determine the phase of the person's respiration cycle and the person's primary airway. The oxygen delivery device is connected to a controller such that it delivers a higher flow of oxygen to the person during the inhalation phase of the person's respiratory cycle. The invention thus increases end tidal oxygen concentrations with improved efficiency comparative to known open airway devices. Embodiments of the invention can include carbon dioxide sampling tubes that continuously sample air from the nose and mouth to determine carbon dioxide concentration during exhalation.

A method and system for gating therapeutic or diagnostic energy to a tissue volume of a medical patient during a selected portion of the patient's respiratory cycle, to thereby diminish inaccuracies in the assumed spatial position of the tissue volume arising from displacements induced by the patient's respiration. The gases flowing to and from the patient's lungs are monitored to provide quasi-continuous measurements as a function of time, of (a) flow rate, (b) pressure, (c) patient lung volume and (d) carbon dioxide concentration. The measurements are utilized to trigger the time period during which the energy is gated on, at the beginning of the selected portion of the respiration cycle; and the time period during which the energy is gated on, is terminated at the end of the selected portion of the respiration cycle.

An apparatus, system, and methods for measuring environmental parameters are disclosed. The apparatus, system, and methods can be used for a variety of applications, including HVAC air balancing and building commissioning. The system includes a variety of wireless sensing modules and wearable modules for control, display, and storage. Parameters measured include air and water temperature, pressure, velocity, and flow. Also included are sensors for light intensity, CO concentrations, and CO2 concentrations.

A method of improving emission performance of a gas turbine is provided. The method includes recirculating a portion of an exhaust gas stream to a compressor of the gas turbine via an exhaust gas recirculating system, to reduce concentration of oxygen in a high pressure feed oxidant stream into a combustor of the gas turbine. The method further includes adding diluent to at least one of a fuel stream directed to the combustor or a low pressure feed oxidant stream directed to the compressor, to reduce concentration of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and increase concentration of carbon dioxide in a resultant exhaust gas stream.

A building's Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is made more energy efficient and the indoor air quality (IAQ) of the building's circulating air is improved by incorporating a greenhouse as an integral part of the HVAC system and by utilizing a novel feed forward control strategy that maintains the proper levels of temperature, humidity and CO2 concentration in the building under varying conditions of day, time, use and occupancy.A portion or all of the exhaust air from the building is discharged into a greenhouse where the heat and humidity are recovered in the winter by heating the greenhouse and the air conditioning is recovered in the summer by cooling the greenhouse. Selected plants are used in the greenhouse to remove CO2 and pollutants from the building's exhaust air while enriching the air with oxygen and beneficial negatively charged ions. The oxygenated, improved quality air from the greenhouse is then used to supply all or a portion of the intake air to the building's HVAC system.

Minimal concentrations of CO2 are mixed with pressurized air to provide a gas mix effective for stabilizing breathing of target patients or users. CO2 concentrations below about 2% and preferably between about 0.5% and 1.25% are employed. A gas modulator includes a gas mixing module, a sensor and a control processor. The gas mixing module mixes plural gases, including CO2, into a gas mix, for delivery to a substantially leak-proof patient face mask. The sensor, located substantially at the face mask, measures CO2 concentration in the face mask. The control processor, based on a signal from the sensor, controls the CO2 concentration in the gas mix.

The invention discloses a miniature closed type intelligent adjustment system of plant cultivation environmental factors which comprises a cultivation box body and intelligent control structures. A plurality of interlayers used for plant cultivation are arrange inside the cultivation box body. The intelligent control structures comprise a human-computer interface, an industrial control board and collection executing mechanisms. Users send operational orders to the industrial control board through the human-computer interface. The collection executing mechanisms comprise a collection mechanism and an executing mechanism. The collection mechanism comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration sensor and an illumination sensor. The executing mechanism comprises a compressor, a heater, a fan, a supplementary lighting device, a CO2 producer and a nutrient solution automatic cycle replenishing device. An output end of the collection mechanism is connected with an input end of the industrial control board, and an output end of the industrial control board is respectively connected with the human-computer interface and the executing mechanism. The miniature closed type intelligent adjustment system of plant cultivation environmental factors integrates automatic supplementary lighting function, temperature and humidity automatic adjustment function and CO2 concentration and nutrient solution automatic cycle replenishing function through automatic control and sensor technology, and a need of household vegetable cultivation can be met.

A method of intubating a subject is disclosed. The method comprises inserting an endotracheal tube into the tracheal airway of the subject; inflating a cuff associated with the endotracheal tube within the airway below the vocal cords; measuring a level of at least one measure being indicative of leakage of secretion past the cuff to the lungs; comparing the level of the measure with an optimal level of the measure; and adjusting inflation of the cuff based on the comparison so as to generally minimize leakage of secretion from above the cuff to the lungs, while minimizing pressure associated damages to the airway. The measure(s) can be carbon dioxide concentration, a proxy measure from which such concentration can be inferred, or the level of one or more additives delivered to a subject during intubation.

An exemplary system method for the operation of a CCP P with flue gas recirculation to reduce NOx emissions and / or to increase the CO2 concentration in the flue gases to facilitate CO2 capture from the flue gases is disclosed. The flue gas recirculation rate (rFRG) is controlled as function of the combustion pressure and / or the hot gas temperature. Operability is enhanced by admixing of oxygen or oxygen enriched air to the gas turbine inlet gases or to the combustion.

The invention provides a curing system that is useful for curing materials that consume carbon dioxide as a reagent. The system has a curing chamber that contains the material to be cured and a gas that contains carbon dioxide. The system includes apparatus that can deliver carbon dioxide to displace ambient air upon loading the system, that can provide carbon dioxide as it is needed and as it is consumed, that can control carbon dioxide concentration, temperature and humidity in the curing chamber during the curing cycle and that can record and display to a user the variables that occur during the curing process.

The invention relates to an intelligent fresh and return air volume adjusting type air purifier. The intelligent fresh and return air volume adjusting type air purifier comprises a box, a fresh and return air heat exchanger, an exhaust fan, an air feeder, a controller, a primary filter and an efficient filter. The box is provided with an outdoor exhaust port, an outdoor fresh air port, an indoor air feeding port and an indoor exhaust port. The outdoor fresh air port communicates with the indoor air feeding port through an air inlet channel. The indoor exhaust port communicates with the outdoor exhaust port through an exhaust pipeline. The air inlet channel and an exhaust channel are arranged in a crossed isolation manner, and the fresh and return air heat exchanger is arranged at the intersection position of the air inlet channel and the exhaust channel. According to the signals of indoor and outdoor PM2.5 concentration, indoor CO2 concentration, the air feeding temperature, the fresh air temperature, the indoor and outdoor pressure difference and the like, a controller is used for intelligent comparison and selection, and optimized running of five work conditions of all fresh air, all return air, the minimum fresh air ratio, the minimum return air ratio and fresh and return air mixed adjustment is achieved. The indoor air exchange requirement and the air quality are guaranteed, meanwhile, the dust filtering and containing amount of all levels of filters is reduced, air treatment energy consumption is reduced, and the air feeding comfort degree is guaranteed.

What is disclosed is a system and method for image-based determination of concentration of CO and CO2 in a vehicle's exhaust gas in an emissions testing environment. In one embodiment, the present method involves receiving an IR image of the exhaust plume of a motor vehicle intended to be tested for CO and CO2 concentrations. The IR image has been captured using a mid-wave infrared camera with at least one optical filter tuned to the infrared absorption band of CO and CO2. The images are pre-processed to isolate pixels which contain the exhaust plume. The intensity values of pixels in those isolated regions are normalized and concentrations of CO and CO2 are determined via a calibration curve which relates pixel intensities to concentrations. The concentrations are compared to an emissions standard set for the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is a gross polluter.

The invention discloses an in-vehicle environment control method and an in-vehicle environment control device, and belongs to the field of vehicle control. The method includes acquiring environment parameters of a vehicle, wherein the environment parameters include one or multiple of battery level, out-vehicle temperature, out-vehicle humidity, in-vehicle temperature, in-vehicle humidity, evaporator temperature, evaporator humidity, sunlight illuminance, out-vehicle carbon dioxide concentration, in-vehicle carbon dioxide concentration and dust concentration; when the vehicle is not started, sending the acquired environment parameters to an appointed terminal; receiving an equipment control instruction sent by the appointed terminal, and controlling equipment of the vehicle according to the equipment control instruction, wherein the equipment comprises one or multiple of a compressor, an air blower, a mode air door, a circulating air door and a mixing air door. By receiving the equipment control instruction sent by the appointed terminal and controlling the equipment of the vehicle, when a user just gets in the vehicle, adjustment on an environment in the vehicle is already completed, so that driving comfortableness is improved.

A method for carbon dioxide strengthening of a recycled concrete aggregate comprises the following steps: (1) crushing and sieving waste concrete; (2) placing the sieved recycled concrete aggregate in a sealed container, controlling the relative humidity of 30-90% and the CO2 concentration of 5-90%, and carrying out carbonization treatment; and (3) making the treated recycled concrete aggregate particles into recycled mortar and concrete. Compared with mortar prepared from a recycled concrete aggregate without treatment, the mortar prepared from the obtained recycled concrete aggregate after CO2 strengthening treatment enables the mortar early strength to be improved by 20.1%-22.0% and the later strength to be improved by 12.1%-13.9%; the 28 d drying shrinkage value can be reduced by 7.8%-16.7%; and the 28 d water absorption rate can be reduced by 7.7%-13.3%.

An exemplary method for the operation of a CCPP with flue gas recirculation to reduce NOx emissions and / or to increase the CO2 concentration in the flue gases to facilitate CO2 capture from the flue gases as well as a plant designed to operate is disclosed. To allow a high flue gas recirculation ration (rFRG) an imposed combustion inhomogeneity ratio (ri) is used for flame stabilization. The imposed combustion inhomogeneity ratio (ri) is controlled as function of the flue gas recirculation rate (rFRG) and / or combustion pressure. Oxygen or oxygen enriched air to the gas turbine inlet gases or to the combustor is admixed to enhance operatability.

The invention discloses a control device used for a centralized air processing system, which comprises a plurality of frequency converters, a plurality of actuators, a plurality of sensors, and a controller, wherein the frequency converters are connected with a plurality of fans respectively, and used for controlling rotation frequencies of the corresponding fans to adjust the generated air volume; the actuators are connected with a plurality of air valves and a water valve of a surface air cooler respectively, and used for controlling the air valves and the water valve to accomplish adjustment on the conveying or discharge air volume; the sensors are arranged on a plurality of air pipes and a freezing water pipe of the surface air cooler respectively, and used for collecting a temperature and a concentration of indoor CO2; and the controller is used for processing sensor data, generating a signal to control the frequency converters and the actuators to adjust the fans, the air valves and the water valve, accomplishing coordination among air supply, air return, fresh air and air discharge, and achieving indoor air treatment. The control device utilizes humiture and CO2 concentration measurement signals and adopts an integral control mode to accomplish temperature control of an air conditioning system and indoor hot comfort control, and the anti-interference capability and an energy-saving effect are improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of microalga biology, and particularly relates to a microalga strain with high CO2 tolerance and high fixation rate and a breeding method thereof. The microalga is named Chlorella sp.Y-1, and is collected into Common Microorganism Center of China General Microbiological Culture Collection Committee; and collection number is CGMCC No.5429. The invention has the following characteristics: the initial strain is separated from natural environment; after high-CO2-concentration enrichment culture, gene cloning, induced mutation breeding and other operations, the carbon content of the target strain is increased to 56.981%, the optimal fixation concentration is up to 20% (v / v), the fixation rate is up to 5.762g / (L.d), and the maximum tolerance concentration is 100% (v / v); and the target strain has high adaptability to a series of physical and chemical culture conditions, has high culture transfer stability, and high better overall properties than the like research findings at present. The invention aims to solve the bottleneck problem in high concentration CO2 biological fixation technology, cultures an efficient organism capable of efficiently fixing high concentration CO2, implements effective fixation of CO2 in high concentration flue gas and other complex environments, and meanwhile, generates beneficial biological substances.

A molten carbonate fuel cell, operating method of the fuel cell, sintering furnace equipped with the fuel cell, and power generator, wherein a cathode gas with a high carbon dioxide concentration can be obtained without a process of increasing the carbon dioxide concentration, and the heat of furnace exhaust gas can be effectively reclaimed and the fuel consumption can be reduced. The cathode gas is a gas containing a furnace exhaust gas discharged from an industrial furnace for heating materials, a mixed gas of the furnace exhaust gas and a gas for cathode use or a preheated gas for cathode use, which is a gas for cathode use preheated using the furnace exhaust gas as a heating source, or the preheated gas for cathode use, and the carbon dioxide concentration of the cathode gas is 0.1-50 vol %.

The invention discloses an intelligent fresh air control device, which relates to a fresh air conditioning device of an air conditioning system. The intelligent fresh air control device mainly comprises a temperature humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor, a computer controller, an electrically operated valve and the like. The intelligent fresh air control device has the characteristics of intelligent control, convenient use, accurate control, energy-saving operation, small volume and low cost. And the intelligent fresh air control device also has the characteristics of improving the indoor air quality and meeting requirements of people for the indoor comfort and health. The intelligent fresh air control device can be widely applied to the air conditioning systems of various buildings such as residences, hotels, public buildings and the like and is the fresh air device which is controlled intelligently and saves energy.

The invention discloses a control method based on an air conditioner, the air conditioner, a home system and a storage medium. The control method can be applied to the intelligent home system composedof the air conditioner and other home appliances. By monitoring the carbon dioxide concentration changes of all areas in a room, when the carbon dioxide concentration of any area in the room is larger than a preset threshold value corresponding to the current point-in-time, the outdoor air quality is detected, a fresh air ventilation command or an air purification command is output according to the detected outdoor air quality, the corresponding fresh air ventilation operation or air purification operation is carried out so that the indoor air quality can be improved, and thus the situation that the carbon dioxide concentration is too high and consequently the health of human beings is threatened is avoided.

The present method transfers carbon dioxide in increased concentrations using perfluorodecalin for growth of algae in a photobioreactor. First, a perfluorodecalin solution is provided and mixed with a biological growth medium and a surfactant. The biological growth medium, perfluorodecalin solution, and surfactant mixture are then emulsified by circulation in a high-pressure emulsifier. The emulsified biological growth medium, perfluorodecalin solution, and surfactant mixture are then added to a photobioreactor containing algae capable of photosynthetically utilizing carbon dioxide. After adding carbon dioxide to the photobioreactor, the carbon dioxide dissolves in the perfluorodecalin solution at a higher concentration than in the growth medium. Conditions sufficient for the algae to perform photosynthesis using carbon dioxide from the perfluorodecalin solution are maintained thereby increasing the growth rate of the algae in increased concentration of carbon dioxide due to the increased solubility of carbon dioxide in the perfluorodecalin solution.

An autonomously controlled greenhouse cultivation system includes a fuel cell module, an environment detection and control module, and environment set-up devices. The fuel cell module includes input terminals and output terminals. After fuel and air are received through the input terminals, the output terminals supply, respectively, various environmental products, including electrical power, thermal energy, carbon dioxide, and water, which are fed to the environment detection and control module that controls the output of these environmental products and includes detection units and control units to detect and effect feedback control of illumination, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and water level. Each environment set-up device is arranged inside a greenhouse and is connected to the environment detection and control module to receive the environmental to set up the environment of growth in respect of illumination, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and water supply of irrigation for the plants cultivated in the greenhouse.

The invention discloses a modified atmosphere storage method which includes the steps: (a) a to-be-stored article or the to-be-stored article and a modified atmosphere agent are placed in a modified atmosphere box which comprises a box cover and a box body, wherein the box cover or the box body is provided with a detection valve, and a sealing structure is arranged between the box cover and the box body; (b) the box cover of the modified atmosphere box covers the modified atmosphere box, and the detection valve is turned off; (c) according to requirements, the detection valve of the modified atmosphere box is connected with a detection instrument so that oxygen concentration, carbon dioxide concentration, temperature, humidity and ethylene concentration in the box body can be detected. A traditional modified atmosphere store system is minimized, the modified atmosphere box is used for storage, application of a modified atmosphere technique can be simple, application ranges are wide, and the modified atmosphere box can be used for storage and maintenance of Chinese herbal medicines, tobaccos, fresh fruit and vegetables, dried fruit, tea, dried vegetables and the like, facilitates transportation, and reduces comprehensive maintenance cost of the modified atmosphere store after the controller atmosphere technique is applied.

A cannula assembly and a medical system. The cannula assembly includes a cannula, a capnometer, a reservoir, a pathway, and a barrier. The cannula is positionable on the face of a patient. The capnometer measures carbon dioxide gas concentration and is operably connected to the cannula. The reservoir is adapted for containing a known concentration of carbon dioxide gas. The pathway connects carbon dioxide gas in the reservoir with the capnometer. The barrier has a first state preventing gas flow along the pathway and has a second state allowing gas flow along the pathway. The medical system includes the cannula assembly and includes a drug delivery assembly. The drug delivery assembly is adapted for administering a drug to the patient according to a drug delivery schedule based at least in part on the carbon dioxide gas concentration of the exhaled air of the patient as measured by the capnometer.

The invention provides a curing system that is useful for curing materials that consume carbon dioxide as a reagent. The system has a curing chamber that contains the material to be cured and a gas that contains carbon dioxide. The system includes apparatus that can deliver carbon dioxide to displace ambient air upon loading the system, that can provide carbon dioxide as it is needed and as it is consumed, that can control carbon dioxide concentration, temperature and humidity in the curing chamber during the curing cycle and that can record and display to a user the variables that occur during the curing process.

The invention belongs to the technical field of a coal burning boiler and particularly relates to a biomass high-temperature flue gas gasification combination coal burning boiler and a low-pollution combustion method thereof. Flue gas serving as a gasification agent enters a gasification furnace; a biomass to be gasified in a biomass bin also enters the gasification furnace; gasified biomass fuel gas enters a fuel gas purification chamber to be subjected to primary purification to remove H2S, HCl and oil tar impurities; after a pressure head of the purified biomass fuel gas is improved by a booster fan, the purified biomass fuel gas enters a fuel gas storage tank and then enters a hearth of the coal burning boiler by a fuel gas nozzle to be burnt; the content of the biomass in the total glue gas is in the range of 0 to 30 percent and the whole system can still operate stably. The use of the biomass effectively reduces discharge of CO2 and SO2. The high-temperature flue gas is used as a heat source to gasify the biomass so as to reduce the content of the oil tar in the biomass fuel gas. The generated biomass fuel gas has high CO2 concentration. The reducing effect of the fuel gas on NOX is far superior to that of the biomass solid on NOX. The NOX concentration is effectively reduced.