
GA-40 T plus BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATING RESULTS
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6 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CALCULATING RESULTS
6.1 Quantities obtained from direct measurements (O
2
, CO, NO, SO
2
)
In direct measurements the temperature values and also the concentration of those gas elements which are
detected by independent electrochemical sensors are obtained. The electrochemical cell indications are
proportional to the volume concentration of the detected elements expressed in [ppm] (parts per million).
The following quantities are obtained by means of direct measurement:
G flue gas temperature T gas and ambient temperature, expressed in [
o
C]
G volume concentration of CO [ppm]
G volume concentration of NO [ppm]
G volume concentration of SO2 (or any other optional cell) [ppm]
G volume concentration of O2 [%]
6.2 Calculating the concentration of carbon dioxide
The volume concentration of carbon dioxide (expressed in [% vol]) is not obtained by direct measurement
unless the analyser is fitted with the optional CO
2
sensor, but is calculated on the basis of measured oxygen
concentration and the CO
2max
parameter, characteristic for the given fuel.
Formula 1 shows the formula according to which the analyser calculates volume concentration of CO
2
:
Œ
CO = CO
2 2max
• −
1
2095%
2
O
meas
%
.
6.3 Calculating the concentration of nitrogen oxides NO
x
In addition to nitric oxide NO, combustion gases contain also higher oxides of nitrogen (mainly NO
2
)
GA-40 T plusplus does not have the nitrogen dioxide sensor in its basic version, only the nitric oxide sensor NO.
But it is possible to calculate the NO
2
contents on the basis of the measured NO. It is generally assumed that
nitric oxide NO contained in combustion gases makes up about 95% of the total amount of nitrogen oxides
NO
x
. GA-40 T plusplus calculates the total concentration of nitrogen oxides NO
x
according to the following
formula:
•
[ ]
NO
X
ppm
NO ppm
=
If the optional sensor of the GA-40 T plusplus analyser is the NO
2
sensor there is no need to calculate the amount
of NO
2
. Then the NO
x
concentration is calculated by the analyser as a simple sum of measured NO and NO
2
concentrations.
Ž
NO NO ppm NO
X 2
ppm ppm= +
6.4 Concentration of "undiluted" carbon monoxide CO
undil
To make the calculation of the carbon monoxide concentration in combustion gases independent of excess air
with which the combustion process is conducted, the idea of "undiluted" carbon monoxide CO
undil
was
introduced (it is also called the CO concentration calculated for 0% O
2
). The value of CO
undil
is calculated
according to the formula below:
• CO = CO
where:
CO - volume concentration CO[ppm]
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