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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Monitoring System Based on Polystyrene Coated Long Period Grating.

Flavio Esposito, Aldobenedetto Zotti, Giovanna Palumbo, Simona Zuppolini, Marco Consales, Antonello Cutolo, Anna Borriello, Stefania Campopiano, Mauro Zarrelli, Agostino Iadicicco

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Flavio EspositoDepartment of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80143 Napoli, Italy. flavio.esposito@uniparthenope.it.ORCID 0000-0003-1187-5825
Aldobenedetto ZottiInstitute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB)-CNR, 80055 Portici, Italy. aldobenedetto.zotti@unina.it.
Giovanna PalumboDepartment of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80143 Napoli, Italy. giovanna.palumbo@uniparthenope.it.
Simona ZuppoliniInstitute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB)-CNR, 80055 Portici, Italy. simona.zuppolini@cnr.it.
Marco ConsalesOptoelectronics group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy. consales@unisannio.it.
Antonello CutoloOptoelectronics group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, 82100 Benevento, Italy. cutolo@unisannio.it.
Anna BorrielloInstitute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB)-CNR, 80055 Portici, Italy. borriell@unina.it.
Stefania CampopianoDepartment of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80143 Napoli, Italy. campopiano@uniparthenope.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2987-9122
Mauro ZarrelliInstitute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB)-CNR, 80055 Portici, Italy. mauro.zarrelli@cnr.it.
Agostino IadiciccoDepartment of Engineering, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80143 Napoli, Italy. iadicicco@uniparthenope.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we report the in-field demonstration of a liquefied petroleum gas monitoring system based on optical fiber technology. Long-period grating coated with a thin layer of atactic polystyrene (aPS) was employed as a gas sensor, and an array comprising two different fiber Bragg gratings was set for the monitoring of environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity. A custom package was developed for the sensors, ensuring their suitable installation and operation in harsh conditions. The developed system was installed in a real railway location scenario (i.e., a southern Italian operative railway tunnel), and tests were performed to validate the system performances in operational mode. Daytime normal working operations of the railway line and controlled gas expositions, at very low concentrations, were the searched realistic conditions for an out-of-lab validation of the developed system. Encouraging results were obtained with a precise indication of the gas concentration and external conditioning of the sensor.

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chemical sensorsgas detectorslong period gratingsoptical fiber sensorspolymers

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PMID29734731
PMCPMC5982407

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