Patent ID: 11872610
Assignee: LOCI CONTROLS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  E  G  H  Y | IPC B  E  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method for reducing deterioration of one or more sensors, the method comprising:
obtaining, from at least one sensor for measuring a temperature of a landfill gas sample, a measurement of the temperature of the landfill gas sample in a chamber comprising the at least one sensor for measuring the temperature of the landfill gas sample and the one or more sensors, the one or more sensors configured for measuring at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample different from the temperature of the landfill gas sample, wherein the landfill gas sample comprises at least a portion of landfill gas being extracted from a landfill and the at least one sensor for measuring the temperature of the landfill gas sample and the one or more sensors for measuring at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample are inside of the chamber;
determining, based on the temperature of the landfill gas sample in the chamber, whether to operate the one or more sensors in the chamber to take a new measurement of the at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample at least in part by:
determining whether the temperature of the landfill gas sample is greater than or equal to a target temperature; and
when it is determined that the temperature of the landfill gas sample is greater than or equal to the target temperature, determining to operate the one or more sensors to take the new measurement of the at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample while the landfill gas sample is in the chamber;

when it is determined to operate the one or more sensors to take the new measurement of the at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample, operating the one or more sensors to take the new measurement of the at least one other characteristic of the landfill gas sample while the landfill gas sample is in the chamber; and
when it is determined that the temperature of the landfill gas sample is not greater than or equal to the target temperature, operating a temperature control mechanism to adjust the temperature of the landfill gas sample.