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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017

A Gas Chromatographic System for the Detection of Ethylene Gas Using Ambient Air as a Carrier Gas.

Nayyer Abbas Zaidi, Muhammad Waseem Tahir, Michael J Vellekoop, Walter Lang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nayyer Abbas ZaidiInternational Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics (IGS), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. nzaidi@imsas.uni-bremen.de.
Muhammad Waseem TahirInternational Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics (IGS), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. wtahir@imsas.uni-bremen.de.
Michael J VellekoopInstitute for Microsensors, -Actuators and -Systems (IMSAS), University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany. mvellekoop@imsas.uni-bremen.de.
Walter LangInternational Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics (IGS), University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany. wlang@imsas.uni-bremen.de.
University of Bremen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ethylene gas is a naturally occurring gas that has an influence on the shelf life of fruit during their transportation in cargo ships. An unintentional exposure of ethylene gas during transportation results in a loss of fruit. A gas chromatographic system is presented here for the detection of ethylene gas. The gas chromatographic system was assembled using a preconcentrator, a printed 3D printed gas chromatographic column, a humidity sensor, solenoid valves, and an electrochemical ethylene gas sensor. Ambient air was used as a carrier gas in the gas chromatographic system. The flow rate was fixed to 10 sccm. It was generated through a mini-pump connected in series with a mass flow controller. The metal oxide gas sensor is discussed with its limitation in ambient air. The results show the chromatogram obtained from metal oxide gas sensor has low stability, drifts, and has uncertain peaks, while the chromatogram from the electrochemical sensor is stable and precise. Furthermore, ethylene gas measurements at higher ppb concentration and at lower ppb concentration were demonstrated with the electrochemical ethylene gas sensor. The system separates ethylene gas and humidity. The chromatograms obtained from the system are stable, and the results are 1.2% repeatable in five similar measurements. The statistical calculation of the gas chromatographic system shows that a concentration of 2.3 ppb of ethylene gas can be detected through this system.

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PMID28991173
PMCPMC5677356
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