P8.1 - Linear Gas Sensor for Methane based on a Selectively Permeable Membrane
- Event
- AMA Conferences 2015
2015-05-19 - 2015-05-21
Nürnberg, Germany - Band
- Proceedings SENSOR 2015
- Chapter
- P8 - Gas
- Author(s)
- M. Bartholmai, S. Ebert, P. Neumann, R. Noske - BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin (Germany), W. Rehak - Optotransmitter-Umweltschutz-Technologie e.V. (OUT e.V.), Berlin (Germany), D. Lazik - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Halle (Germany)
- Pages
- 833 - 835
- DOI
- 10.5162/sensor2015/P8.1
- ISBN
- 978-3-9813484-8-4
- Price
- free
Abstract
In preliminary work, gas sensors in linear form based on the measuring principle of gas selective permeability through a membrane were developed and introduced for the detection and quantification of gas concentrations. In this study, first experimental results are presented for adapting the technology for measuring methane (CH4). A material with suitable selective permeability was identified and utilized in a sensor setup containing the gas selective membrane and a reference membrane, both integrated in a measuring cell, to which a gas stream with defined CH4 concentrations was applied. The results prove the sensor’s capability for measuring methane and indicate further application potential of the method, e.g., as a robust field monitoring technology, since CH4 is the major component of natural gas, town gas, and fracking gas.