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In the following description, stated some concrete details in order to thorough understanding to various aspects of the present invention is provided.Yet the present invention can implement under these details not having.
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Fig. 1 illustrates HCL100, and it has the end cap 101 be used to the interior environment 102 of the pipe 103 that is sealably coupled to end cap 101.Interior environment 102 can be filled with the inert gas under the low pressure, for example argon or neon, and pipe 103 can be made by glass or other nonreactive materials.HCL100 also has the tube end 104 relative with end cap 101, and to be transparent go out from pipe 103 from the photon of negative electrode 105 emissions in order to allow for it.
In response to the voltage that is placed between negative electrode 105 and the anode 106, negative electrode 105 is launched photon.Voltage can be from direct voltage source 107 or the supply of other power sources.Negative electrode 105 can be contained in the sleeve pipe 108 of protective, and this sleeve pipe can be made by glass or other nonreactive materials.Negative electrode 105 also can be made or be coated in this metal by the metal that HCL100 is designed to detect.For example, if HCL100 is designed to detect iron, then negative electrode 105 will be fabricated from iron or have the iron coating.
At the duration of work of HCL100, along with the voltage supply that comes from voltage source 107, anode 106 becomes positive charge and negative electrode 105 becomes negative charge.Gas in electric potential difference between negative electrode 105 and the anode 106 causes in the environment 102 is ionized, or becomes plasma.Particle from ionisation of gas attracted to negative electrode 105 and bombarding cathode 105, causes the atom that comes from negative electrode 105 to splash.
Along with the gas collisions the atom that splashes from negative electrode 105 and the interior environment 102, they are excited to higher energy level.Along with the atom that splashes from these more high-energy level declines, photon is by tube end 104 emissions and enter into chemical substance to be analyzed.The photon of launching owing to the decline of atom has unique spectral density, and this makes when photon impact chemical substance to be investigated, can detect specific metal and its characteristic.
The anode 106 of HCL100 has the limited life-span, therefore what is interesting is the use of following the tracks of and monitoring HCL100.A kind of mode that can follow the tracks of the use of HCL100 is mercury meter working time.Yet, because the toxicity of mercury needs to utilize the time of not using mercury to count to monitor the use of HCL100.The alternative (not using mercury) of following the tracks of the use of HCL100 is the external computing device (not shown) that monitors the use information of HCL100.For example, calculation element can follow the tracks of when HCL100 is opened or closed.The time quantum that power supply is supplied to HCL100 is recorded and is written into daily record.Calculation element can be accessed to fetch the use information of HCL100 in the arbitrfary point.
Yet, use external computing device to monitor that the use information of HCL100 does not have consideration in the use more than the HCL100 in one the atomic absorption spectrometer.The use that the different HCL of common for example HCL100 can be exchanged in different atomic absorption spectrometers.Therefore, computing system may not put down in writing the accurate expression for the use of each HCL of for example HCL100.From the angle of operation, do not know that the accurate use of HCL100 do not expect, because HCL may be burnt out undesirably, maybe may work than new HCL poor efficiency ground.
According to an embodiment who goes out as shown in Figure 2, HCL surveillance 200 causes use information to be stored among the HCL201 that is similar to HCL100, thus the atomic absorption spectrometer up-to-date use information that can visit HCL201 arbitrarily.HCL surveillance 200 allows HCL201 to use in compatible arbitrarily atomic absorption spectrometer, and it can visit and upgrade the use information of HCL201.
The HCL201 of Fig. 2 has end cap 202, power connector end 203a and 203b, and uses tracking means 204.Link 203a and 203b are connected to power supply 205 via connecting line 206a and 206b.Connecting line 206a and 206b are illustrated two lines that separate, and it can represent positive power source terminal and negative power end respectively.Connecting line 206a and 206b can alternatively be implemented in the bus structure or other power connection devices that can dock with HCL201.
Use tracking means 204 to be connected to calculation element 207 via connecting line 208.Connecting line 208 can be individual signals line with return path, bus connection, wireless connections or promote being connected in any other types of using transmission between tracking means 204 and the calculation element 207 and reception.Use tracking means 204 and calculation element 207 to use and promote the random communication protocol of the exchanges data between two devices to communicate with one another.
Using tracking means 204 is the devices that can store, upgrade and transmit any type of information.For example, use tracking means 204 can store and transmit identification information and the use information of HCL201.Identification information can comprise the manufacturer of HCL type, HCL201 of metal types of the sequence number of HCL201, negative electrode that sign comprises HCL201 or similar etc.In one embodiment, thus identification information is nonvolatil its can not be distorted or be changed.Identification information allows HCL201 correctly to be identified.
According to an embodiment, the use information that is stored in the use tracking means 204 is not nonvolatil and can using transmission between tracking means 204 and the calculation element 207.In addition, in calculation element 207 and use tracking means 204, upgrade use information.When HCL201 was inserted in the atomic absorption spectrometer, calculation element 207 read identification information and use information from using tracking means 204.Calculation element 207 can and use both information to be stored in the internal storage (not shown) that is arranged in calculation element 207 with identification information.Calculation element 207 with the duty that shows current HCL type, HCL201 at display (for example also can be handled identification information and use information, open, close, use information etc.) and about other information of HCL201, with monitor and control HCL201(below describe in more detail about Fig. 4).
In a further embodiment, using tracking means 201 is Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory (" EEPROM "), and it can have by calculation element 207 and reads and to its data that write from it.Use tracking means 204 can be programmed to the use information at single memory location stores HCL201, in this case, uses the renewal of information to be covered constantly.Alternatively, use tracking means 204 can be programmed to the use information of HCL201 is stored as history log.The history log of use information can comprise the sign of the use history of HCL201, atomic absorption spectrometer that HCL201 is used therein, use the date and time of HCL201 and any other use information that expectation is recorded at every turn, for example is used for the electric current that HCL201 is powered.
HCL201 also can be the part as the big HCL surveillance of seeing among Fig. 3 300.Be similar to HCL201, existence can be contained in several HCL in the HCL basic module 303, for example HCL301.HCL surveillance 300 can use in atomic absorption spectrometer with measure by in the chemical substance in the investigation more than one type metal.Each HCL in the HCL basic module 303 can be used for the special metal of identification chemical substance and the various characteristics of the special metal in the chemical substance.
Identical with HCL201, HCL301 has and comprises the end cap 302 that uses tracking means 304.HCL301 is connected to power supply by power lead 306a and 306b.Use tracking means 304 to be connected to calculation element (not shown in Fig. 3, but be similar to the calculation element 207 of Fig. 2) by connecting line 307. Power lead 306a and 306b and connecting line 307 can be coupled to bus 305, and this bus 305 is connected to the calculation element (not shown) related with the atomic absorption spectrometer that holds HCL basic module 303.
As seeing in Fig. 3, HCL basic module 303 can keep nearly eight HCL that are similar to HCL301, or does not use the HCL of tracking means 304.Depend on requirement or the design of the atomic absorption spectrometer related with HCL basic module 303, HCL basic module 303 also can be configured to the HCL that keeps more or less.
Although Fig. 3 is illustrated in end cap 302 outer extensions in order to be coupled to power lead 306a and 306b and the connecting line 307 of bus 305, each line 306a, 306b and 307 can alternatively be embedded in the end cap 302 and a part of stretching out end cap 302, the downside of end cap 302 for example is in order to be connected to HCL basic module 303.By example, line 306a, 306b and 307 can be bundled in together in plug (not shown) or other device, this plug or other devices can with HCL basic module 303 on coupling socket (not shown) supporting.
In operation, HCL basic module 303 is with the HCL(of each insertion HCL301 for example) the calculation element (not shown) that is coupled to atomic absorption spectrometer and is associated.Calculation element is controlled each HCL in the HCL basic module 303 and is monitored the use of each HCL.According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the use information of HCL301 is maintained to be used in the tracking means 304.Use information can comprise the metric data of the time quantum that has been used about HCL301, be supplied to the electric current of HCL301 for any given use, has used which atomic absorption spectrometer HCL301 etc. for any given use.But because each HCL in the HCL basic module 303 can have that different operations requires and use before in different atomic absorption spectrometers, the atomic absorption spectrometer of current use may be before use and is needed to obtain identification information and the use information of each HCL between the operating period.
According to an embodiment, shown in Figure 4 for the lamp control display 400 that monitors and control the use of each HCL that is inserted in HCL basic module 303.Be similar to the calculation element of seeing in Fig. 2 207, lamp control display 400 can be controlled by the calculation element (not shown) of the HCL in the control HCL basic module.Alternatively, lamp control display 400 can be controlled by the independent calculation element (not shown) of communicating by letter with the calculation element of control HCL.The independent calculation element of communicating by letter with the calculation element of control HCL can be fetched information and it is presented on the lamp control display 400.
Lamp control display 400 has lamp choice box 401, lamp position frame 402 and electric current frame 403 is set.Lamp choice box 401 is used for selecting to be used for the corresponding HCL of supervision and control.The physical location of the frame 402 corresponding HCL of sign in lamp position in HCL basic module 303.Electric current arranges frame 403 and is used for showing and can uses the operating current that button is 409 that arrange, be used for corresponding HCL.
For each HCL in 400 identifications of lamp control display, the marking code frame 404 that the respective type of sign HCL also can be arranged, and the element frame 405 of indicating the metal types that corresponding HCL can identify (that is, the negative electrode of what type is in corresponding HCL).Lamp control display 400 also has for the second electric current frame 406 that shows the preferred operations electric current that uses with corresponding HCL.Also be useful on the sequence number sign frame 407 that identifies HCL by sequence number.Lamp control display 400 has the time that is used to indicate the total run time that corresponding HCL has been used and uses frame 408, uses when button 410 is set when the selection time, and it can be transmitted and be stored in and use in the tracking means 304.Can there be select time to use the information that to use the time under the situation that button 410 is set in the frame 408 to transmit and be stored in the use tracking means 304 yet.
According to an embodiment, be that unit (for example, milliampere-hour) (mA-hour) is measured as the indicated use information for given HCL in the time use frame 408 with the electric current time of multiply by.Be to provide consistent unit with the HCL that measures the electric current of incorporating use into to measure advantage for the use information of given HCL in mA-hour.Alternatively, can use time measurement arbitrarily or time correlation to measure, as long as the unit of measuring provides the accurate indication of the current use of given HCL, comprise the use that comes from other atomic absorption spectrometers.
Pass through example, as seeing among Fig. 4, if at the HCL(at position lamp 1 place as being marked in the lamp position frame 402) use in the atomic absorption spectrometer related with lamp control display 400 and at 30 milliamperes and locate to move on 34 minutes, it is in the use tracking means of 17mA-hour (that is, 1020mA-minute) and the HCL that will be recorded in position lamp 1 place that the time that then is presented at is used the service time in the frame 408.If be alternative in the 17mA-hour record real time (namely 34 minutes), then will be less than what operating current to be supplied to the HCL at position lamp 1 place reach 34 minutes indication about.To consume the more HCL life-span than operating in the HCL that 30mA reaches 34 minutes than 34 minutes HCL of the higher electric current of 30mA operation.Therefore, preferably will use information to store with the unit that electric current multiply by the time time.Even like this, if be used for that the record of electric current of the HCL at position lamp 1 place also is recorded or known, then HCL uses and also can come record with chronomere separately.
As further illustrating among Fig. 4, also exist as by the indicated sodium at position lamp 4 places (Na) HCL of the element frame 405 that is used for position lamp 4 places.Sodium HCL at position lamp 4 places does not have the sequence number that is associated, and its " N/A " by the sequence number sign frame 407 of the HCL that is used for position lamp 4 places indicates.When not reading the identification information of HCL from HCL, as top described about using tracking means 204 and 304, if or in HCL, do not have identification information, then sequence number sign frame 407 can keep empty or show " N/A ".Similarly, when not storing use information in HCL, or during its inaccessible, then the time uses the frame 408 can be empty, for example at the HCL at position lamp 4 places.
As further illustrating among Fig. 4, when the HCL of lead (Pb) HCL at for example position lamp 3 places is inserted into atomic absorption spectrometer, can read sign and use information from the HCL at position lamp 3.Various frames and territory corresponding to position lamp 3 are filled with sign and use information.Yet, be unlike in the HCL at position lamp 4 places, have as at the sequence number shown in the sequence identifier frame 407 at position lamp 3 places at the HCL at position lamp 3 places.Use frame 408 also to be filled with the use value that comes from corresponding HCL in the time at position lamp 3 places.Being filled into and using the use value of frame 408 in time at position lamp 3 places can be corresponding to the initial use value of using in the past at the HCL at position lamp 3 places.HCL will be added in the use tracking means of the use value that shows in time use frame 408 and the HCL that is stored in position lamp 3 places in the follow-up use at position lamp 3 places.
Monitoring shown in the process 500 of Fig. 5 and upgrading for example more detailed description of the use information of the HCL of HCL301.At the place that begins of process 500, activate the power supply of HCL301 at step 501 place.At step 502 place, determine whether HCL301 is correctly inserted HCL basic module 303.If HCL301 is not correctly inserted, then process finishes because HCL301 can not operate.If HCL301 is correctly inserted, then identify and use information from using tracking means 304 to read at step 503 place.
In one embodiment, for using tracking means 304 reading and writing information to, and in order to operate HCL301, activate the power supply of HCL301 at step 501 place.In an alternate embodiment, when at step 501 place activating power, then only read sign and use information at step 503 place, but do not have enough power supplys to operate HCL301.Only when HCL301 was operated, operating power just was supplied.Only read the information in the use tracking means 304 that is stored in HCL301 and do not provide operating power can increase the life-span of HCL301 at step 501 place.Alternatively, only provide operating power to HCL301 at step 501 place, therefore there is no need to control two kinds of dissimilar power supplys.
As further illustrating among Fig. 5, at step 504 place, determine the extended period that lamp uses based on time and the difference between the time that HCL301 is deactivated that HCL301 is activated.In one aspect, can determine the difference in the time and use in the time of lamp control display 400 and to upgrade constantly in the frame 408 and show by timer.Activationary time and the mistiming between the deactivation time can alternatively be added to as the time and used the use information of having stored arbitrarily in the use tracking means 304 as shown in the frame 408.HCL301 activation stand-by time can be the actual deactivation to the HCL energy supply, but alternatively also can be to indicate when the time use arranges the interim stand-by time that button 410 is selected or when uses information automatically to be upgraded.
At step 505 place, can in the use tracking means 304 of HCL301, upgrade mistiming or the current time use of using demonstration in the frame 408 as the time.In one aspect, use between at that time when button 410 being set being selected, can carry out the use information of using in the tracking means 304 of upgrading.Alternatively, can in using tracking means 304, automatically upgrade use information, for example upgrade at interval or when the power supply of HCL301 is deactivated at a fixed time.
For example, calculation element 207 can upgrade the lamp use of using in the tracking means 304 in per five to ten minutes.Other Fixed Time Interval also is acceptable, as long as they do not disturb the accuracy that monitors and upgrade the lamp use.In addition, Fixed Time Interval can depend on the type of the HCL that is monitored.If HCL has short life expectancy, then for the HCL with longer life expectancy, Fixed Time Interval will be shorter.
In another embodiment, be alternative in the lamp that is updated periodically the fixed intervals place and use, calculation element 207 can when activating the power supply of lamp, start timer and when the power supply of deactivation lamp the stop timing device, only to upgrade the lamp use once.Difference between start-up time and concluding time can be used for determine that total lamp of extended period of activating corresponding to power supply uses and can be stored in calculation element 207, to using tracking means 304 to send or the two.In case use information is recorded and the power supply of HCL301 is deactivated, then can remove HCL301 in order to use different atomic absorption spectrometers from HCL basic module 303, or in the use after a while of current atomic absorption spectrometer, continue, have the accurate record of the current use of HCL301.
Describe even without the mode with this type of, above-mentioned disclosed various aspects also can be combined.In addition, in general, in the claim of back, the term of use should not be interpreted as claim is limited to the disclosed particular aspects of describing in the instructions, but should be interpreted as comprising all possible aspect, the four corner of enjoying together with this type of claim that is equal to the aspect.Correspondingly, claim should not be subjected to restriction of the present disclosure.