Analysis of Optimized and Improved Low Cost Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Reflective Mid-Infrared Gas Sensor

Authors

  • Mohd Rashidi Salim Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Maslina Yaacob Department of Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, 86400 Batu Pahat, Malaysia
  • Tay Ching En Marcus Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Micheal David Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Nabihah Hussin Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Mohd Haniff Ibrahim Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Asrul Izam Azmi Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Nor Hafizah Ngajikin Lightwave Communication Research Group, Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Gerard Dooly Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Plassey Rd., Limerick, Republic of Ireland
  • Elfed Lewis Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Plassey Rd., Limerick, Republic of Ireland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4248

Keywords:

CO2, Reflective gas sensor, mid-infrared, power detection, efficiency, optimization, ZEMAX

Abstract

The optimized structure of CO2 gas sensor has been simulated consists of low cost components and easy for fabrication. The structure is based on reflective type gas cell using aluminium material. Optimization was made on radius of aluminium surface to enhance the performance of the sensor. The results show that the gas sensor is fully optimized and able to detect higher power efficiently. It is proven that the optimized CO2 gas sensor of 8-Multiple-Input-Single-Output (MISO) has capability to gain power of at least 1.0 Watt with 12.5% efficiency. However, Single-Input-Single-Output (SISO) has shown greater efficiency as it can detect 29.1% of total power supplied with the lowest Merit Function (MF) value of 0.648.

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Published

2015-03-18

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Vol. 73 No. 3: Special Issue on Sensor Technology and Control System Applications

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Science and Engineering

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Analysis of Optimized and Improved Low Cost Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Reflective Mid-Infrared Gas Sensor. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 73(3). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4248