A multisensor system for monitoring the quality of carbon dioxide in the beverage industry

Author

Vilanova, E. ; Llobet, E. ; Brezmes, J. ; Calavia, R. ; Sanchez, X. ; Correig, X.

Author_Institution

Electron. Eng. Dept., Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1347

Abstract

In this work, we report for the first time that a system based on metal oxide resistive gas sensors can successfully determine the presence of trace-level pollutants in a carbon dioxide stream. The successful use of metal oxide sensors in the absence of oxygen (oxygen concentration below 15 ppm) has enabled a new type of analyzer to assess the quality of carbon dioxide, offering continuous monitoring capabilities, ruggedness, simplicity, wireless communications and low cost.

Keywords

beverage industry; carbon compounds; gas sensors; quality control; tin compounds; CO/sub 2/; SnO/sub 2/; beverage industry; carbon dioxide quality continuous monitoring; carbon dioxide stream; metal oxide resistive gas sensors; multisensor system; ruggedness; trace-level pollutants; wireless communications; Beverage industry; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Gas detectors; Industrial pollution; Monitoring; Multisensor systems; Water pollution; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TRANSDUCERS, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 12th International Conference on, 2003

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7731-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217023

Filename

1217023