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Jiturvi Chokshi
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Gas sensors
Introduction:
Sensor:
Introduction:
Sensor:
Applications
Automobiles
Machines
Robotics
Industry
Medicine
Aerospace etc.
Gas sensors
Introduction:
Sensor:
Examples of sensors
Thermometer
Thermocouple
Phototransistor
Photo resistor
Microphone
Seismometer
Hydrophone etc.
Gas sensors
Introduction:
Gas Sensor:
Operating parameters:
Operating temperature
Operating humidity
Disadvantages:
Bulky
Consume lots of power
Require “risky” high voltage to operate.
Gas sensors
It consists of:
Chemical reactants (electrolytes or gels)
Two terminals (an anode and a cathode)
Semiconductor sensor
Electrochemical sensor
Digital sensor
Biomimetic sensor (chem-optical or gel cell
sensor)
Gas sensors
LITERATURE CITED:
1. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=ga
s+sensor
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_sensor
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_microsensor
4. http://vernier.com/probes/co2-bta.html
5. http://sensors-
transducers.globalspec.com/LearnMore/Sensors_T
ransducers_Detectors/Gas_Sensing/Gas_Sensors
6. http://etd.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/281
7. Proceeding of the 2000 Hydrogen Program Review,
NREL/CP-570-28890
8. http://www.gasdetection.com/TECH/sensorprincipl
e2.htm
9. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/17869