Research Article
Miniaturised Flame Ionisation Detector for Explosion Protection in Civil Sewerage Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_14, author={Jan F\o{}rster and Winfred Kuipers and Christian Koch and Christian Lenz and Steffen Ziesche and Dominik Jurkow}, title={Miniaturised Flame Ionisation Detector for Explosion Protection in Civil Sewerage Networks}, proceedings={Sensor Systems and Software. 7th International Conference, S-Cube 2016, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, December 1-2, 2016, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={S-CUBE}, year={2017}, month={7}, keywords={Monitoring of civil infrastructure Civil safety Embedded sensor Flame ionisation detector Ceramic multilayer technology}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_14} }- Jan Förster
Winfred Kuipers
Christian Koch
Christian Lenz
Steffen Ziesche
Dominik Jurkow
Year: 2017
Miniaturised Flame Ionisation Detector for Explosion Protection in Civil Sewerage Networks
S-CUBE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61563-9_14
Abstract
This work presents a new approach to enhance the civil safety by monitoring the civil sewerage networks to prevent formation of explosive atmospheres and thus enabling early initialisation of counter measures. For this approach a new system with a miniaturised flame ionisation detector (FID) as embedded sensor has been developed. The micro FID embeds the fluidic components, the micro burner, the electrical structures for ignition and ion current measurement, and resistive temperature measurement elements in one monolithic ceramic component. Characterisation of the micro FID revealed good sensor performance with high sensitivity and reduced gas consumption compared to conventional FIDs. Thus, this micro FID is an excellent choice for an embedded sensor in the context of monitoring the civil sewerage.