Investigation of ethanol and methanol water mixtures in the visible wavelength area using fibre-optic evanescent field absorption sensors based on a U-shaped, a coil-shaped and a meander-shaped probe

2008 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS-2008 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 79-84

  Fabian, M ^a   Lewis, E ^a   Newe, T ^a   Lochmann, S ^b   Mueller, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Hochschule Wismar   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethanol concentration; Evanescent field spectroscopy; Meander sensor; Methanol concentration; Optical fibre sensors; Refractive index sensor; U bend sensor; VIS; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COSTS; ETHANOL; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INFRARED DEVICES; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

BEND SENSORS; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR;

EVANESCENT FIELDS;

EID: 67649926536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/sas13374.2008.4472948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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