COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING MIXTURES OF GASES

摘要

A computer- implemented system and method for converting the resistances of an array of metal oxide sensors into constituents and concentrations of a multi-component gas provided around the sensor array. The method includes providing a self-diagnostic module to calculate the quality factors associated with corresponding prediction models and determine if the response of the sensor array are within a preferrred range; and providing a concentration calculation module to calculate the gas concentration outputs from each prediction model, corresponding tolerance limits, and gas concentration outputs determined by weighting the outputs from the prediction models by corresponding quality factors and determining the weighted tolerance limits, so that the gas concentration outputs with the lowest tolerance limits can be reported as the actual constituents and concentrations of the multi-component gas .