Enhanced Ambient Sensing Environment-A New Method for Calibrating Low-Cost Gas Sensors

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  • Hugo Savill Russell
  • Louise Boge Frederickson
  • Szymon Kwiatkowski
  • Ana Paula Mendes Emygdio
  • Prashant Kumar
  • Johan Albrecht Schmidt
  • Ole Hertel
  • Johnson, Matthew Stanley

Accurate calibration of low-cost gas sensors is, at present, a time consuming and difficult process. Laboratory calibration and field calibration methods are currently used, but laboratory calibration is generally discounted due to poor transferability, and field methods requiring several weeks are standard. The Enhanced Ambient Sensing Environment (EASE) method described in this article, is a hybrid of the two, combining the advantages of a laboratory calibration with the increased accuracy of a field calibration. It involves calibrating sensors inside a duct, drawing in ambient air with similar properties to the site where the sensors will operate, but with the added feature of being able to artificially increases or decrease pollutant levels, thus condensing the calibration period required. Calibration of both metal-oxide (MOx) and electrochemical (EC) gas sensors for the measurement of NO2 and O-3 (0-120 ppb) were conducted in EASE, laboratory and field environments, and validated in field environments. The EC sensors performed marginally better than MOx sensors for NO2 measurement and sensor performance was similar for O-3 measurement, but the EC sensor nodes had less node inter-node variability and were more robust. For both gasses and sensor types the EASE calibration outperformed the laboratory calibration, and performed similarly to or better than the field calibration, whilst requiring a fraction of the time.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer7238
TidsskriftSensors
Vol/bind22
Udgave nummer19
Antal sider29
ISSN1424-3210
DOI
StatusUdgivet - okt. 2022

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