Measurement of Water Vapor Concentration in Narrow Channel of PEFC Using Fiber-Optic Sensor Based on Laser Absorption Spectroscopy

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 527-534
Author(s):  
Kosuke Nishida ◽  
Ryoga Nakauchi ◽  
Yuya Maeda ◽  
Toyofumi Umekawa ◽  
Masahiro Kawasaki
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Narrow Channel ◽  
Fiber Optic Sensor ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Water Vapor Concentration ◽  
Laser Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Laser Absorption ◽  
Optic Sensor

Optical Remote Sensing of Oxygen and Water Vapor Concentration in PEMFC Channel by Using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Techniques

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinobu Fujii ◽  
Shohji Tsushima ◽  
Shuichiro Hirai
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Diode Laser ◽  
Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Tunable Diode Laser ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Optical Remote Sensing ◽  
Water Vapor Concentration ◽  
Laser Absorption ◽  
Diode Laser Absorption

In this study, we present optical remote sensing of oxygen and water vapor concentration in gas flow channels in an operating polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) by using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS). Wavelengths of the diode laser are 1392nm for measurement of water vapor concentration and 760nm for measurement of oxygen concentration, respectively. We demonstrated that the optical remote sensing based on TDLAS techniques could detect variation of oxygen and water vapor concentration in the PEMFC channel.

Construction and Evaluation of the Fiber-Optic Sensor System for Chemical Vapor Detection

2008 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kittidechachan ◽  
I. Sripichai ◽  
W. Supakum ◽  
S. Thuamthai ◽  
Suppalak Angkaew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Fiber Optic Sensor ◽  
Sensor System ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
Vapor Concentration ◽  
Vapor Detection ◽  
Optic Sensor ◽  
Butyl Amine

The fiber optic sensor system for chemical vapor detection was desiged and constructed. The system consisted of three parts; the optic unit, the fiber-optic sensing head and the flow controlling unit. The optic unit included a He-Ne laser source which lazes a red laser into an aligned optical fiber, a photo detector, and a signal processing with computer interface controlled by the Labview® program version 7.1. The sensing head was made of a polyaniline thin film coated onto the de-cladded section of an optical fiber covered by a gas mixing cell. The concentration of measured gas was controlled by varying nitrogen gas flow rate. The nitrogen flow controller was set-up to obtain vapor concentration in the range of 0.04 to 0.40 % v/v. Vapors of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and n-butyl amine (a weak base) were used to test the performance of the sensor system. It was found that output intensity increases with an increasing HCl concentration and decreases with increasing n-butyl amine concentration. The response toward the amine vapor was faster than that of the HCl vapor (23 seconds for n-butyl amine and 72 seconds for HCl). Experiments performed at various concentrations of amine vapor (between 0.04 to 0.21 %v/v) found that a higher concentration yields faster response time.

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