MULTILAYER SENSOR FOR SELECTIVELY DETECTING A VOC VAPOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240353383A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18636151

    申请日:2024-04-15

    IPC分类号: G01N33/00 G01N27/12

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a sensor for selectively detecting a volatile organic compound (VOC) vapor. The sensor comprises an insulating substrate; a pair of interdigitated electrodes disposed on the insulating substrate; a sensing layer of a semi-conductive material disposed on the pair of interdigitated electrodes, the sensing layer exhibiting an electrical property that is dependent on the concentration of the VOC vapor to which the sensing layer is exposed; and a filtering layer of a polymer or metal organic framework disposed on the sensing layer, the filtering layer enhancing the selectivity of the sensing layer to the VOC vapor. The present disclosure also relates to a system for selectively sensing a VOC vapor comprising a plurality of these sensors, a method for selectively detecting a VOC vapor by using these sensors, and a method for producing such sensors.

    METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING BASELINE DRIFT IN GAS SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240345022A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18750983

    申请日:2024-06-21

    发明人: Ling LIU Feng LIANG

    IPC分类号: G01N27/416 G01N33/00

    CPC分类号: G01N27/4163 G01N33/0047

    摘要: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for calculating a compensated reading of a gas sensing apparatus are provided. An example method includes causing a first supply of a working voltage to a sensing circuitry of the gas sensing apparatus, determining a first output of the sensing circuitry, causing a second supply of a stimulate voltage to the sensing circuitry, determining a second output of the sensing circuitry, and calculating a compensated reading of the gas sensing apparatus based at least in part on the first output and the second output.

    DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES RELATING TO LANDFILL GAS EXTRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240316606A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18733111

    申请日:2024-06-04

    IPC分类号: B09B1/00 E21B43/12 G01N33/00

    摘要: Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.

    PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR HAVING IMPROVED GAIN AND REDUCED HUMIDITY SENSITIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20240295529A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18478046

    申请日:2023-09-29

    申请人: Mocon, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G01N27/66 G01N33/00

    CPC分类号: G01N27/66 G01N33/0047

    摘要: A photoionization detector comprised of a gas discharge lamp that ionizes molecules of interest to create ionized molecules and electrons and a sensor having at least one opening for UV light to pass through and electrically conductive patterns on at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the plate, including at least a negative electrical potential pattern and an electron collecting electrode pattern. The ionized molecules are collectable by a bias electrode and electrons are collectable by a collector electrode. The negative electrical potential pattern includes a linear portion and a polarization plate. The electron collecting electrode pattern includes a wire suspended across the at least one opening and a linear portion on the surface opposite the wire. The electrically conductive patterns can further include a grounded potential conductive pattern having a first portion on the top surface and a second portion on the bottom surface.

    Gas sensing with porous scattering material

    公开(公告)号:US12019017B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17090090

    申请日:2020-11-05

    申请人: Lumileds LLC

    IPC分类号: G01N21/47 G01N21/61 G01N33/00

    摘要: A gas sensing system can allow a gas sample to permeate hollow spaces within a porous scattering material. The porous scattering material can be substantially transparent at an illumination wavelength. An emitter can illuminate the porous scattering material and the gas sample with light having a spectrum that includes the illumination wavelength. A sensor can detect a level of light that has traversed the porous scattering material. Using, for example, the Beer-Lambert Law, the system can determine a concentration of the gas material in the gas sample. The scattering can greatly increase an optical path length through the porous scattering material, compared with a linear dimension of the porous scattering material. The increased optical path length can allow a gas chamber to shrink in size, thereby decreasing a size of the gas sensing system without a corresponding decrease in a sensitivity and/or an accuracy of the system.