Title :
Vehicle cabin air quality monitor using gas sensors for improved safety
Author :
Galatsis, K. ; Wlodarski, W. ; Li, Y.X. ; Kalantar-zadeh, K.
Author_Institution :
Sensor Technol. Lab., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
A vehicle cabin air quality monitor using carbon monoxide (CO) and oxygen (O2) gas sensors has been designed, developed and on-road tested. The continuous monitoring of oxygen and carbon monoxide provides added vehicle safety as alarms could be set off when dangerous gas concentrations are reached, preventing driver fatigue, drowsiness, and exhaust gas suicides. CO concentrations of 30 ppm and oxygen levels lower than 19.5% were experienced whilst driving.
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; automobile industry; carbon compounds; gas sensors; oxygen; CO; O2; carbon monoxide sensors; gas sensors; oxygen sensors; vehicle cabin air quality monitor; Air safety; Australia; Automobiles; Carbon dioxide; Computerized monitoring; Electrical safety; Gas detectors; Sensor systems; Vehicle safety; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2000. COMMAD 2000. Proceedings Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6698-0
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2000.1022892