Design and application of a VOC-monitoring system based on a ZigBee wireless sensor network

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2255-2268

  Peng, Changhai ^a   Qian, Kun ^a   Wang, Chenyang ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

monitoring; photoionization detector; VOCs; wireless sensor networks; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZATION; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MONITORING; PHOTOIONIZATION; POLLUTION; USER INTERFACES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ZIGBEE;

DESIGN AND APPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTORS; POWER MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL; VOCS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC); ZIGBEE SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84923929150     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2014.2374156     Document Type: Article

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