Discrimination and identification of a refrigerant gas in a humidity controlled atmosphere containing or not carbon dioxide: Application to the electronic nose

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-53

  Delpha, Claude ^a   Lumbreras, Martine ^b   Siadat, Maryam ^b  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

CO2 and humidity effects; Data processing; Electronic nose applications; Pattern recognition; R134a; TGS sensor array; Tin oxide gas sensors

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA PROCESSING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PATTERN RECOGNITION; REFRIGERATION; TIN COMPOUNDS;

CO2 AND HUMIDITY EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC NOSE APPLICATIONS; R134A; TGS SENSOR ARRAY; TIN OXIDE GAS SENSORS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 1342285681     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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