Keyword: Gases

Briefs: Data Acquisition
Future Wearable Health Tech Could Measure Gases Released from Skin
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors.
Briefs: Energy
New Screening System May Point the Way to Renewable Hydrogen Power
A highly sensitive system for detecting the production of hydrogen gas can foster the development of hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Compact Laser Source Detects Pollution

A middle infrared light source can detect greenhouse and other gases as well as molecules in a person’s breath. The compact system, which resembles a tiny suitcase, contains just two parts: a standard...

Briefs: AR/AI
Sensors Driven by Machine Learning Sniff Out Gas Leaks
The ALFaLDS detection tool supports oil plants.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Gas Sensor for Health and Environmental Monitoring
Applications include detection of chemical and biological agents as well as dangerous gases from vehicle emissions.
Briefs: Imaging
LEDs Can Detect Spoiled Food and Lethal Gases
The technology could benefit firefighters, miners, the military, plumbers, and households.
Briefs: Energy
Process Converts Ethanol to Jet Fuel
A new catalyst and microchannel reactors improve efficiency and cost of the process.
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Products of Tomorrow: February 2022
Flexible electrodes, NASA sensors, and anti-corrosion compounds.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Sensing Hazardous Gases Can Save Lives
Pellistor/Catalytic Bead (CB) sensors can respond to flammable gases such as hydrogen, oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, methane, butane, propane, and carbon monoxide.
Briefs: Imaging
Wearable Sensors Detect Gas Leaks
The ultra-compact, wearable hologram sensor immediately notifies the user of volatile gas detection.
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Next-Generation MEMS Multi-Gas Sensing
The MPS Flammable Gas Sensor can detect and identify the concentrations of 12 of the most common combustible gases,
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Monolithic Optical Parametric Oscillator for Laser Spectrometer
Applications include remote sensing, laser spectroscopy, and gas analysis.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Sensor Paves Way to Low-Cost Sensitive Methane Measurements
Recent advances could make it feasible to deploy networks of methane sensors to detect this greenhouse gas at large facilities.
Briefs: Power
Rocket Thruster Exploits the Mechanism Behind Solar Flares
Thrusters based on magnetic reconnection could complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time.
Q&A: Energy
Q&A: Oil and Gas Wells for Energy Storage
USC researchers found a way to use idle oil and gas wells for energy storage.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Printable Chemical Nanosensor
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable, Stretchable Gas Sensor
The stretchable sensor has applications in environmental monitoring and healthcare.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Cost-Effective Printed Sensors for the IoT/IIoT
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Material Enables Stable Semiconductor Neutron Detectors
It can be used both in small, portable devices for field inspections and in very large detectors that use arrays of crystals.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bats Inspire Detectors to Help Prevent Oil and Gas Pipe Leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Oxygen Sensor for Sick Infants
A mobile, wearable device the size of a Band-Aid could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
Briefs: Defense
Threads Detect Gases When Woven into Clothing
Equipment-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military, and rescue applications.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Embedded Gas and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Environments

Innovative process control systems for improved efficiency and lower emissions in current and future fossil-fuel-based power systems and related applications require durable, embedded sensor technology that can operate at higher temperatures and in harsh conditions.

Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designing Sensors for Hazardous Environments
Some of the most common applications for hazardous duty sensors are in the oil and gas industry.
Briefs: Aerospace
Deployable Emergency Shutoff Device Blocks High-Velocity Fluid Flows

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a device and method for blocking the flow of fluid from an open pipe. The device plugs, controls, and meters the flow of gases and liquids. Anchored with friction fittings, spikes, or explosively activated fasteners, the device...

Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Understanding the Basics of Gas Spring Application

When choosing a gas spring for a particular application, it’s imperative to have a basic understanding of the workings and terminology used when specifying gas springs. This article offers...

Briefs: Materials
Material Captures and Removes Toxic Atmospheric Gas

A metal-organic framework (MOF) material was developed that exhibits a selective, fully reversible, and repeatable capability to remove nitrogen dioxide gas from the atmosphere in ambient...

Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Extrans Permeation Measurement System

Many applications in science and industry require an apparatus that creates a controlled amount of a fluid introduced into another fluid. For instance, some material corrosion testing applications...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Measurement Technique for Continuous-Wave, Modulated, and Pulsed Monochromatic Radiation

In many applications, such as remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases, monochromatic radiation with multiple discrete wavelengths is required. To date, there no instrument or technique that measures the wavelength jitters and fluctuations in real time.

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