Monitoring of environmentally hazardous exhaust emissions from cars using optical fibre sensors

Elfed Lewis, John Clifford, Colin Fitzpatrick, Gerard Dooly, Weizhong Zhao, Tong Sun, Ken Grattan, James Lucas, Martin Degner, Hartmut Ewald, Steffen Lochmann, Gero Bramann, Edoardo Merlone-Borla, Flavio Gili

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Abstract

Results are presented for on board sensing of the Gases NO, NO2, SO2 and CO2. The optical fibre sensor was connected downstream of the Diesel Particle Filter (DPF) of a Fiat Croma and the measurements from the optical fibre sensors were recorded simultaneously using high specification reference instrumentation mounted in the boot of the car. In this way the results from the optical fibre sensors and the reference instrumentation could be directly compared. The results from the optical fibre sensors indicate that they are capable of measuring single ppm values of NO, NO2 and SO2 as required by the EURO IV standards and CO2 up to a concentration of 15% which is more than adequate for in car monitoring. The optical fibre sensors therefore performed well when compared to the reference instrumentation in tests conducted on a rolling road and during "free driving" on an urban road.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmbedded Computer Systems
Subtitle of host publicationArchitectures, Modeling, and Simulation - 8th International Workshop, SAMOS 2008, Proceedings
Pages238-247
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event8th International Workshop on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation, SAMOS 2008 - Samos, Greece
Duration: 21 Jul 200824 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5114 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Workshop on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation, SAMOS 2008
Country/TerritoryGreece
CitySamos
Period21/07/0824/07/08

Keywords

  • In-fibre Bragg grating temperature sensor
  • Mid-infrared gas detection
  • Optical fibre sensor
  • UV gas detection
  • Vehicle emission detection

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