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Development of super luminescent diode based sensing technique for multiple-gas monitoring

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A multiple-gas sensor based on absorption spectroscopy technique using a super luminescent diode source of 1.5 μm is proposed and realized for combustion applications. This technique allows CH4 and CO2 gas sensing in bio-gas plant to monitor the quality of the gas. In this study, a solid Fabry–Perot etalon with a free spectral range of 517 GHz is also used and the detection limit is improved, allowing measurement with lower resolution spectrum analyzer. The detection limit of 292 ppm for C2H2 (at 1,543.7 nm), 4,492 ppm for CH4 (at 1,525.92 nm) and 6.5 % for CO2 (at 1,572.68 nm) is attained for 2 m path length with the spectrum analyser of 0.02 nm resolution. With the use of etalon, nearly the same detection limit is attained for all the species at 1 nm resolution.

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The authors are grateful to G. Balaganesh and K. Udhayakumar of Central Workshop, and K. Nagarajan of IC Engineer Laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering for their help in fabrication of a gas cell, and providing C2H2 and bio-gas. The authors are also thankful to K. Divya and Anand Reddy Y. for their assistance during experimental study.

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Sulochana, K., Akash, K., Kumaravel, M. et al. Development of super luminescent diode based sensing technique for multiple-gas monitoring. Int J Adv Eng Sci Appl Math 6, 117–124 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12572-014-0114-x

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