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Old 25th March 2008, 13:22   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Low Volt IR Co2 Sensors and Diving

Using a Nernst-cell would be the logical solution. Infinite lifetime, high accuracy, immune to water or other chemicals...

Unfortunately only runs at 500°C!

When we are talking about rebreather compatible we are also talking about low power consumption. Heating the whole sensor does not strike me as a solution.

Blowing diluent over the sensor... that should work (I think the Mk5 works this way), but I dont know what flow you will need. Anyway, needs carefull design and is not easy at all (I dont want 2l of dil blown into my loop every 5 secs). Measure O2 optically? I dont know which wavelength you will need. If the vibrational modes of the O2 molecule are in the UV you have the problem of a suitable light source.

Besides, I said it is tricky, not impossible

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