In-situ monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from a Diesel Automobile using a Mid-Infrared Optical Fibre Based Point Sensor

Author

Dooly, Gerard ; Mulrooney, Jim ; Merlone-Borla, Edoardo ; Flavia, Gili ; Clifford, John ; Fitzpatrick, Colin ; Lewis, Elfed

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Limerick, Limerick

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 May 2008

Firstpage

1891

Lastpage

1894

Abstract

This paper describes an optical fibre based system suitable for monitoring the presence of carbon dioxide in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle. Conventional automotive pollution sensors fail to meet monitoring requirements as specified by the European Commission for various reasons. The sensor was designed using low cost and compact mid-infrared components, which make it suitable for insertion into a vehicle. The response of the sensor to carbon dioxide supplied from a cylinder in the laboratory is presented. In addition results taken in-situ in an exhaust of a Fiat Croma diesel engine are presented.

Keywords

air pollution; condition monitoring; diesel engines; engine cylinders; exhaust systems; fibre optic sensors; Fiat Croma diesel engine; carbon dioxide emissions; engine cylinder; exhaust system; in-situ monitoring; mid-infrared optical fibre based point sensor; motor vehicle; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Carbon dioxide; Condition monitoring; Exhaust systems; Gas detectors; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Pollution; Vehicles; carbon dioxide; emissions; exhaust; mid-infrared; optical fibre sensor; spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1540-3

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547355

Filename

4547355