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Photoacoustic Detection of Methane in Large Concentrations with a Helmholtz Sensor: Simulation and Experimentation

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We report on the use of a photoacoustic Helmholtz sensor for the detection of large concentrations of methane. In this case, methane is in concentration where the photoacoustic signal is no more linear with concentration. Moreover the resonance frequency of the Helmholtz resonant cell is modified, as the concentration of methane cannot be neglected. This situation is simulated using a finite element method with the software Comsol Multiphysics\(^{\circledR }\). Simulation is compared with experimental results from 0.1 % up to 8 % of methane concentration in air.

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This work was funded by the ANR Project #ANR-11-ECOT-004 calles MIRIADE (2012–2015). Christophe Risser also acknowledges the Aerovia society (www.aerovia.fr) for his Ph.D. funding by CIFRE contract.

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  1. Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA), CNRS – UMR 7331, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Virginie Zeninari, Raphaël Vallon, Christophe Risser & Bertrand Parvitte

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Zeninari, V., Vallon, R., Risser, C. et al. Photoacoustic Detection of Methane in Large Concentrations with a Helmholtz Sensor: Simulation and Experimentation. Int J Thermophys 37, 7 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-015-2018-9

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