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Development of Resistive-type IoT-Based Methane Gas Concentration Transmitter Using SnO2 Material

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Many conventional sensors are used in industries since industrial methane sensing is critical. In the present case, a SnO2 layer is the sensing medium for methane that decreases its electrical resistance with increase in methane concentration. A Wheatstone bridge detects the decrease in resistance, thereby converting it to a suitable voltage. Since the environment where methane gas would be present is hazardous, electrical communication is impossible through a physical network. Instead, the authors have taken the help of the Internet of Things (IoT) for data communication purpose which has become much more feasible nowadays for communicating data in a hazardous environment. The mathematical relationship of the methane concentration with the transmitted current and voltage is found by theoretically analyzing the proposed methane sensor. The authors have tested the proposed system of methane concentration measurement experimentally. The paper presents the experimental results with reasonable accuracy, sensitivity, and linearity.

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Authors would like to thank KNU UGC-STRIDE and DST-ASEAN (Grant No: CRD/20201000284) and KNU UGC-STRIDE Grant for providing financial assistance to carry out this research work.

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Authors would like to thank KNU UGC-STRIDE and DST-ASEAN (Grant No: CRD/20201000284) and KNU UGC-STRIDE Grant for providing financial assistance to carry out this research work.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Techno Polytechnic Durgapur, Panagarh, West Bengal, India

    Animesh Ghosh

  2. Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Asansol Engineering College, Asansol, West Bengal, India

    Bikas Mondal

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

    Santu Mondal

  4. Department of Mining Engineering, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India

    Tanmoy Hazra

  5. Centre of IoT and AI Integration with Education-Industry-Agriculture and School of Mines and Metallurgy, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India

    Arindam Biswas

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Ghosh, A., Mondal, B., Mondal, S. et al. Development of Resistive-type IoT-Based Methane Gas Concentration Transmitter Using SnO2 Material. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D 104, 515–529 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-022-00436-9

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