OT4.78 - Detection of SF6 in soundproof windows
- Event
- EUROSENSORS XXXVI
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-04
Debrecen (Hungary) - Band
- Lectures
- Chapter
- OT4 - Physical Sensors and Actuators
- Author(s)
- H. F. Pernau, C. Basler, G. Stiefvater, J. Wöllenstein, K. Schmitt - Fraunhofer Institute (IPM), Freiburg (Germany)
- Pages
- 69 - 70
- DOI
- 10.5162/EUROSENSORSXXXVI/OT4.78
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-03-4
- Price
- free
Abstract
SF6 has a greenhouse effect 25,200 times greater than CO2 and was widely used as a gas in soundproof windows until 2006. In 2020, Germany was responsible for 55.3 % of SF6 emissions within the European Union. Without emissions from soundproof windows, this value could be reduced to 14.6%. Since the filling of most windows is unknown, a reliable detection method is required to identify SF6- filled windows to be able to safely extract and recycle the filling when disposing of them. In our study, we were able to identify LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) as the most promising technology for identifying filling gases in soundproof windows and show a way of what a mobile detection and recovery unit for SF6 could look like.