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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A Smart Rig for Calibration of Gas Sensor Nodes.

Mohieddine A Benammar, Sabbir H M Ahmad, Abderrazak Abdaoui, Hasan Tariq, Farid Touati, Mohammed Al-Hitmi, Damiano Crescini

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Mohieddine A BenammarElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-5340-1981
Sabbir H M AhmadElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
Abderrazak AbdaouiElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-1309-0637
Hasan TariqElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.
Farid TouatiElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9495-2157
Mohammed Al-HitmiElectrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5344-1294
Damiano CresciniDepartment of Information Engineering, Brescia University, 25121 Brescia, Italy.

Funding

Qatar National Research Fund NPRP10-0102-170094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemical gas sensors require regular maintenance to check and secure proper functioning. Standard procedures usually involve testing and recalibration of the sensors, for which working environments are needed. Periodic calibration is therefore necessary to ensure reliable and accurate measurements. This paper proposes a dedicated smart calibration rig with a set of novel features enabling simultaneous calibration of multiple sensors. The proposed calibration rig system comprises a gas mixing system, temperature control system, a test chamber, and a process-control PC that controls all calibration phases. The calibration process is automated by a LabVIEW-based platform that controls the calibration environment for the sensor nodes, logs sensor data, and best fit equation based on interpolation for every sensor on the node and uploads it to the sensor node for next deployments. The communication between the PC and the sensor nodes is performed using the same IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) protocol that the nodes also use in field deployment for air quality measurement. The results presented demonstrate the effectiveness of the sensors calibration rig.

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cross-sensitivitygas sensors calibrationIEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee)linear regressionmass flow controllerpiecewise curve fittingwireless calibration

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PMID32326014
PMCPMC7219255

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