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When the NOx sensor is off (i.e. cold) and is stored for a period longer than a few days, the
sensor may adsorb water vapor. This results in a NOx measurement error until the water is
boiled off the sensor. When the sensor is used in an engine, this will occur quickly.
However, if the sensor is held in air or is mounted in a cold pipe with slow moving gases, it
may take up to eight hours for the water to boil off.
To minimize above-described effects, it is strongly recommended that the NOx zero and
span be performed with the NOx sensor mounted in the exhaust of a running engine and in
comparison to a CLA (chemiluminescence) NOx analyzer. It is not recommended that the
NOx sensor be calibrated using the CLA’s zero and span gases (i.e. “model gases”) because
the NOx sensor will be mounted in a cold tube during this calibration and water vapor will
not be present in suitable quantities in the calibration gases.
Therefore, the recommended calibration procedure for the NTK NOx sensor is:
1.
Hold the powered NOx sensor and pressure sensor (if so equipped) in air for eight
hours. This is to remove any adsorbed water. Pressure information is required if the
calibration is to be pressure compensated.
2.
“Span O2” the sensor in a manner similar to the Lambda sensor.
3.
“Zero NOx” the sensor in a running engine and in comparison to a NOx CLA. The
NOx level doesn’t have to be exactly zero for the zero process. For example, if it is
12 ppm, the Configuration Software will allow this.
4.
“Span NOx” the sensor in a running engine and in comparison to a CLA. Span at the
upper range of NOx to be measured.
If a CLA is not available, the back-up calibration procedure for the NTK NOx sensor is:
1.
Hold the powered sensor in air for eight hours. This is to remove any adsorbed water.
2.
“Span O2” the sensor in a manner similar to the Lambda sensor.
3.
“Zero NOx” the sensor while it is attached to a BTU200 or in a tube heated to the
temperature of the exhaust pipe the sensor will be used in. For general-purpose use,
zero the sensor in gases containing approximately 20% O2 (balance N2).
IMPORTANT NOTE
: Do not zero in pure N2 or N2 bubbled through water! This
damages the sensor.
4.
“SPAN NOx” the sensor in the same heated condition as the “Zero NOx” using a
NOx + O2 + N2 span gas that has been bubbled through water. Correct the span NOx
ppm content of the gas using the formula:
NOx (corrected) = NOx (in tank) x ((%O2 in air)/20.945)
where: “%O2 in air” is determined using the “Calculate %O2 in Air” tool with
Rh=100%, the pressure in the bubbler, and the water temperature in the bubbler.
The following conditions may result in inaccurate NOx readings:
1.
If the sensor is not held in air for eight hours (while powered) prior to calibration.
2.
If the pipe the sensor is mounted in during calibration is not heated.
3.
If the calibration model gases are not bubbled through water.
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