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Section 2: AccuLase-GPA™ Components
2.1 Overview
The AccuLase-GPA™ is an integrated system designed to monitor the concentration of a target gas,
hydrogen sulfide, in a gaseous stream or multiple streams using the Tunable Diode Laser Absorption
Spectroscopy (TDLAS) method described in Section 1.2. The AccuLase-GPA™ can be divided into three
separate areas, as follows:
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Control Enclosure (Section 2.2)
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Optics / Sample Cell Enclosure (Section 2.3)
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Sample Conditioning System (Section 2.4).
2.2 Control Enclosure
The control enclosure is located on the top of the AccuLase-GPA™. It houses all of the analyzer electronics,
including the analyzer’s local display, controller (mother) board, input/output (I/O) board, AC/DC power
supply, and intrinsically safe barrier board (AccuLase-GPA™ D1 only).
2.2.1 Controller Board
The controller board, which is mounted behind the analyzer display board on the control
enclosure door, is the control computer for the AccuLase-GPA™. It includes the system central
processor unit, memory, solid state storage, clock battery, and USB / Ethernet connection ports.
The controller board is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: AccuLase-GPA™ Controller Board