Precision and Limits of Detection for Selected Commercially Available, Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide and Methane Gas Sensors

Honeycutt, Wesley T.; Ley, M. Tyler; Materer, Nicholas F.

doi:10.3390/s19143157

Title: Precision and Limits of Detection for Selected Commercially Available, Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide and Methane Gas Sensors

Journal Article · 18 July 2019 · Sensors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19143157 · OSTI ID:1543042

; Ley, M. Tyler;

The performance of a sensor platform for environmental or industrial monitoring is sensitive to the cost and performance of the individual sensor elements. Thus, the detection limits, accuracy, and precision of commercially available, low-cost carbon dioxide and methane gas concentration sensors were evaluated by precise measurements at known gas concentrations. Sensors were selected based on market availability, cost, power consumption, detection range, and accuracy. A specially constructed gas mixing chamber, coupled to a precision bench-top analyzer, was used to characterize each sensor during a controlled exposure to known gas concentrations. For environmental monitoring, the selected carbon dioxide sensors were characterized around 400 ppm. For methane, the sensor response was first monitored at 0 ppm, close to the typical environmental background. The selected sensors were then evaluated at gas concentrations of several thousand ppm. The determined detection limits accuracy, and precision provides a set of matrices that can be used to evaluate and select sensors for integration into a sensor platform for specific applications.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FOA-0000798

OSTI ID:: 1543042

Journal Information:: Sensors, Journal Name: Sensors Vol. 19 Journal Issue: 14; ISSN 1424-8220

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