Patent ID: 10488380

Abstract:
A apparatus 70 for measuring ammonia concentration includes an electromotive force acquisition section 75 configured to acquire information about an electromotive force EMF of a mixed potential cell 55 while a detection electrode 51 is exposed to a target gas, an oxygen concentration acquisition section 76 configured to acquire information about oxygen concentration pO2 in the target gas, and a control section 72. The control section 72 derives ammonia concentration pNH3 in the target gas from the acquired information about the electromotive force EMF, the acquired information about the oxygen concentration pO2, and the relationship represented by formula (1): EMF=α loga(pNH3)−β logb(pO2)+B  (1) where α, β, and B each represent a constant, and a and b each represent any base (provided that a≠1, a>0, b≠1, and b>0).