It is demonstrated how a commercially available MEMS thermopile infrared radiation sensor can be used as thermal conductivity gas detector (TCD). Since a TCD requires a heater while IR-thermopile sensors have no integrated heater, the thermopile itself is used as heater and temperature sensor at the same time. It is exposed to the measured gas environment in its housing. It is shown that, by us...

The effect of CuO doping on the electrical resistance and the sensitivity of thick film gas sensors based on CuOdoped (1%, 2% and 5% by wt.) SnO2has been investigated by us. A suitable gas sensor structure wasfabricated on 1 ̋x1 ̋ alumina substrate using thick film technology. The fabricated sensor‟s reaction with H2S gas (250 ppm-1000 ppm)was tested in the temperature range of 150350 ̊C. At 250 ̊C...

Extracting energy from biomass is an important alternative to produce different types of energy (heat, electricity, or both) assuring low pollution and better efficiency. It is a new yet reliable approach to reduce green gas emission by extracting methane from industry effluents and use it to power machinery. We focused in our project on using paper and mill effluents, treated in a UASB reactor...

Mixed-potential gas sensors with a proton conductor consisting of zinc metaphosphate glass and benzimidazole were fabricated for the detection of hydrogen produced by intestinal bacteria in dry and humid air. The gas sensor consisting of an alumina substrate with platinum and gold electrodes showed good response to different hydrogen concentrations from 250 parts per million (ppm) to 25,000 ppm...

This publication reports the derivation and the implementation of a simulation model that describes non-resonant photoacoustic gas sensors. The photoacoustic effect is modelled in detail for the successive steps of radiation emission, stimulation of molecules, collisional relaxation processes and finally the pressure formation in a closed gas cell. The photoacoustic effect offers great potentia...

A multifunctional platform based on the microhotplate was developed for applications including a Pirani vacuum gauge, temperature, and gas sensor. It consisted of a tungsten microhotplate and an on-chip operational amplifier. The platform was fabricated in a standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. A tungsten plug in standard CMOS process was specially designed as the se...

In this article we introduce a novel operating principle for a temperature modulated electronic nose. The aim is to perform gas discrimination with metal oxide gas sensors in natural, uncontrolled environments where the sensor is exposed to patches of gas only for short periods of time. The proposed Parallelized Temperature Modulated e-nose (PTM e-nose) allows to speed-up discrimination of gase...

Due to the poor anti-jamming performance, less gas species, low detection accuracy, short life, medium leaking or carbonmonoxide poisoning and other defects that current sensors for gases dissolved in transformer oil have, a SOFC-based multi-component gas sensor has been designed. The physical, chemical and electrochemical mechanisms of gases in the SOFC have been analyzed, and the mathematical...

Highly sensitive gas detecting devices are of significant importance in various applications such as environmental air quality monitoring or occupational safety and health. In the last decades considerable advances have been made in the development of conductometric metal oxide gas sensors and in optimization of sensor performance regarding sensitivity and selectivity. Traditional metal oxide b...