Novel Corrugated Long Period Grating Surface Balloon-Shaped Heterocore-Structured Plastic Optical Fibre Sensor for Microalgal Bioethanol Production.

Sanober Farheen Memon, Ruoning Wang, Bob Strunz, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, J Tony Pembroke, Elfed Lewis

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. 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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Sanober Farheen MemonOptical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-9382-7354

Ruoning WangOptical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.

Bob StrunzDepartment of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.

Bhawani Shankar ChowdhryNCRA-CMS Lab, IICT, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Sindh, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-4340-9602

J Tony PembrokeDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-9340-7026

Elfed LewisOptical Fibre Sensors Research Centre, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4174-7090

University of Limerick · IEHarbin Engineering University · CNMehran University of Engineering and Technology · PK

Funding

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland PhD FundingEuropean Union Erasmus Mundus INTACT Program Doctoral ScholarshipHigher Education Authority and the Government of Ireland Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science University of Limerick's programme for Covid-19 Related Research Costed ExtensionsPlassey Campus Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland Postgraduate Research Residential ScholarshipScience Foundation Ireland SFI/12/RC/2302_P2

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Abstract

A novel long period grating (LPG) inscribed balloon-shaped heterocore-structured plastic optical fibre (POF) sensor is described and experimentally demonstrated for real-time measurement of the ultra-low concentrations of ethanol in microalgal bioethanol production applications. The heterocore structure is established by coupling a 250 μm core diameter POF between two 1000 μm diameter POFs, thus representing a large core-small core-large core configuration. Before coupling as a heterocore structure, the sensing region or small core fibre (SCF; i.e., 250 μm POF) is modified by polishing, LPG inscription, and macro bending into a balloon shape to enhance the sensitivity of the sensor. The sensor was characterized for ethanol-water solutions in the ethanol concentration ranges of 20 to 80

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bioethanol production using microalgaeethanol sensorheterocore structurelong period gratingmacro bendingplastic optical fibre

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PMID36772687

DOI10.3390/s23031644

PMCPMC9921262

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