Carbon dioxide sensing - a mechatronic approach
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Paper/Presentation Title | Carbon dioxide sensing - a mechatronic approach |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Maxwell, Andrew (Author), Hancock, Nigel (Author) and Billingsley, John (Author) |
Editors | Werner, B. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 1997) |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 1997 |
Place of Publication | Los Alamitos, CA. United States |
ISBN | 0818680253 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.1997.625292 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=625292&tag=1 |
Conference/Event | 4th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 1997) |
Event Details | 4th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 1997) Parent International Conference on Machine Vision and Mechatronics in Practice Delivery In person Event Date 23 to end of 25 Sep 1997 Event Location Toowoomba, Australia |
Abstract | It is demonstrated that by combining simple mechatronic systems with simple chemical reagents it is possible to design and construct low-cost carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement systems potentially suitable for commercial application. In this paper carbon dioxide sensing techniques are briefly reviewed and their limitations noted. An alternative miniature wet chemical analyser technique is proposed incorporating a safe and simple chemical indicator with low-cost optical sensing and mechatronic control to yield smart sensing systems for CO 2 detection. The construction of a first prototype using various configuration of reaction chamber (volume~2.5 mL), a Motorola MC68HCII microcontroller, and precipitate detection by IR LEDs is reported. The prototype is capable of useful measurement in the range of 10 to 100% CO2. Current work to extend the range to 1% and 0.1% is also mentioned. |
Keywords | CO2; CO2 measurement systems; IR LED; Motorola MC68HCII microcontroller; carbon dioxide sensing; chemical reagents; low-cost optical sensing; mechatronic approach; miniature wet chemical analyser technique; precipitate detection; smart sensing systems |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 340108. Sensor technology (incl. chemical aspects) |
400999. Electronics, sensors and digital hardware not elsewhere classified | |
400799. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics not elsewhere classified | |
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Byline Affiliations | Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering |
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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