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Helium analyzer

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Analysing a trimix blend using a portable helium analyzer
Principle of the thermal conductivity gas analyzer
Continuous flow oxygen and helium analyser monitoring blended breathing gas for diving

A Helium analyzer is an instrument used to identify the presence and concentration of helium in a mixture of gases. In Technical diving where breathing gas mixtures known as Trimix comprising oxygen, helium and nitrogen are used, it is necessary to know the fraction of helium in the mixture to reliably calculate decompression schedules for dives using that mixture.

Thermal conductivity principle

Portable instruments for the analysis of helium content of breathing gas mixtures may be based on a thermal conductivity sensor (katharometer). These sensors can be very stable and maintenance free and also highly reliable and accurate.[1]

A typical thermal helium analyser comprises two chambers, each with an identical thermal conductivity sensor. One chamber is sealed and is filled with pure helium as the reference gas, and the other receives the sample gas. The difference in thermal conductivity of the reference and sample gases is measured and converted into a concentration value by the electronic circuitry in the instrument. The system is inherently stable and when precise temperature compensation is made, the system is more than adequately accurate for breathing gas analysis. Accuracy and display precision is typically within 0.1%, and accuracy within 1% is considered sufficient for most decompression algorithms.[1]

The thermal conductivity of nitrogen and oxygen are very similar, and that of helium very different so that the ratio of oxygen and nitrogen in the mix is relatively unimportant, and need not be compensated. This allows a direct reading of helium fraction from these instruments. However, for greater accuracy and compensation to oxygen cross-sensitivity, some instruments include an oxygen cell, and in these cases can generally give a full helium and oxygen analysis of the mixture simultaneously.[2]

Trimix gas analyser showing oxygen and helium partial pressures

Speed of sound principle

Helium content may also be determined on the basis of measuring the speed of sound in the analyzed gas mixture.[3] The speed of sound depends on the mixture of gases and the temperature of the mix; in the analysis of trimix the speed of sound can be described by a non-linear function of temperature, oxygen content and helium content, and thus the content of helium can be determined by measuring the speed of sound through the mix, the temperature of the mix and its oxygen content.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Thermal Conductivity Sensors
  2. ^ ANALOX 8000 – Helium Analyse User Manual, Analox Sensor Technology Ltd, 15 Ellerbeck Court, Stokesley Business Park, North Yorkshire, TS9 5PT, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "He/O2 analyzer manual" (PDF). Divesoft. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-08.

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