Insta-Trace Micro-fuel Oxygen Sensor0 pages

TELEDYNE
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS

INSTA TRACE
Micro-fuel Cell Oxygen Sensor

• No waiting
• No diverting product
• No switching analyzers
• No liquid backup

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eledyne’s patented* innovation called INSTA TRACE
™ eliminates the greatest inconvenience associated
with electrochemical oxygen sensors at the trace level - the
wait.
When a typical electrochemical trace oxygen sensor is
removed from its barrier bag for the purpose of replacing
an expired sensor, it is exposed to ambient air (209,000
ppm O2).

During this transition from an oxygen free environment to open air exposure, the sensor’s electrolyte becomes saturated
with dissolved oxygen – and the longer the exposure, the longer the recovery time. The typical recovery period when
replacing a sensor is between 6 to 24 hours.
The INSTA TRACE Micro-fuel Cell oxygen sensor is capable of measuring below 1 ppm of oxygen within 15 minutes
of installation. By reducing the recovery period from several hours to just minutes, users will no longer have to divert
unanalyzed product, go to liquid back-up (in the case of the air separation industry), or switch analyzers. The intrinsic
value of this innovation has extreme significance in plant operation.
Using Teledyne’s Insta Trace
technology, meaningful readings
below 1 ppm are obtained in only 15
minutes.

Without Insta Trace, process
downtime can be six hours or more.

* U.S. Patent No. 6,524,740 B1

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