Abstract
A pollutant gas detector is presented. The sensor system detects simultaneously CO and SO2 in a range from 0 to 200 ppm with a resolution of 7 ppm, however the system is able to analyse up to 19 gases simultaneously. A new technique based on a multilayer filter array is proposed to prevent the use of moving parts. The central-wavelengths of filters were selected according to the position of the absorption band of interest for each gas. The CO and SO2 central-wavelengths were measured and its transmission spectral response was also predicted by using the HITRAN database. Also a new conditioning circuit with high-performance is proposed using low-cost components. The circuit is based on shifting the measured signal to intermediate frequency. With this technique a reduction of 1/f noise is achieved. The new system features reduction of moving parts, high acquisition speed and low-cost.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 158-168 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 3493 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Spectroscopic Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Techniques - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 21 Sept 1998 → 22 Sept 1998 |