Smart electrochemical oxygen sensor for personal protective equipment

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1846-1852

  Sieber, Arne ^a   Enoksson, Peter ^b   Krozer, Anatol ^a  

^a Chalmers University ^*

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galvanic; oxygen; personal protective equipment; rebreather; sensors; validation; voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ANAESTHETIC MACHINES; CLOSED CIRCUIT; CURRENT LIMITATION; DIGITAL READOUTS; DIGITAL TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN; FUNCTIONAL SAFETY; GALVANIC; IMPEDANCE ANALYZER; KEY ELEMENTS; LOW COSTS; NON-LINEARITY; ON BOARD STORAGE; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; READOUT ELECTRONICS; REBREATHER; VALIDATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAD; OXYGEN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMISTORS; VOLTAMMETRY;

SENSORS;

EID: 84860525096     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2178593     Document Type: Article

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