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    This document describes a testing procedure for gas sensors and gas measuring instruments. It involves generating gas mixtures of defined compositions using mass flow controllers to blend up to four gas components, including an inert carrier gas and humidity. The mixtures are analyzed to ensure accuracy and transferred to test chambers containing the sensors. The sensors are tested over a wide range of conditions, including gas composition from 1x10-6 to 0.99 m3/m3, humidity from 0.05 to 99%, temperature from -40 to +180°C, and impedance, resistance, and capacity. The system aims to calibrate and validate gas sensors and instruments through precise control and measurement of test conditions and mixtures.

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    This document describes a testing procedure for gas sensors and gas measuring instruments. It involves generating gas mixtures of defined compositions using mass flow controllers to blend up to four gas components, including an inert carrier gas and humidity. The mixtures are analyzed to ensure accuracy and transferred to test chambers containing the sensors. The sensors are tested over a wide range of conditions, including gas composition from 1x10-6 to 0.99 m3/m3, humidity from 0.05 to 99%, temperature from -40 to +180°C, and impedance, resistance, and capacity. The system aims to calibrate and validate gas sensors and instruments through precise control and measurement of test conditions and mixtures.

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    This document describes a testing procedure for gas sensors and gas measuring instruments. It involves generating gas mixtures of defined compositions using mass flow controllers to blend up to four gas components, including an inert carrier gas and humidity. The mixtures are analyzed to ensure accuracy and transferred to test chambers containing the sensors. The sensors are tested over a wide range of conditions, including gas composition from 1x10-6 to 0.99 m3/m3, humidity from 0.05 to 99%, temperature from -40 to +180°C, and impedance, resistance, and capacity. The system aims to calibrate and validate gas sensors and instruments through precise control and measurement of test conditions and mixtures.

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    Chapter 3: Gas Analysis and Gas Measurement Reference procedure

    Testing and Calibration of Gas Sensors

    Keywords
    Calibration, test, validation, gas sensors, gas measuring instruments, characteristic curves, ageing,
    reproducibility, cross sensitivity

    Quantities and items tested


    Determination of gas mixture composition (in particular hydrogen-, ammonia-, methane-, sulfur dioxide and
    ethanol mixtures), characteristic curves of gas sensors, gas measuring devices

    Testing range Uncertainty of results


    Volume fraction of gas mixture components
    1·10-6 m3/m3 to 0.99 m3/m3 from 2% to 5%
    Humidity
    0.05 % to 99 % relative humidity from 0.5 % to 2%
    Temperature
    -40 °C to +180 °C from 0.1 K to 0.3 K
    Impedance
    10 m to 100 M from 0.1  to 50 
    Resistance
    10 m to 100 M from 0.1  to 50 
    Capacity
    1 pF to 100 nF from 0.1 pF to 2.5 pF

    Fields of application
    Calibration, testing and validation of gas sensors and gas measuring instruments

    Methodology and instrumentation


    Generation and determination of gas mixtures with defined composition, complex gas mixing and analysis system

    Qualification and quality assurance


    The accuracy of the procedure is regularly verified using certified reference gas mixtures.
    The measuring equipment and reference standards of the entire system are subject to a rigorous calibration
    program providing traceability to the SI.

    Contact: Dr. Ulrich Banach Phone: +49 30 8104 3214


    E-mail: ulrich.banach@bam.de Fax: +49 30 8104 3255
    Division 6.4: Nanomaterial Technologies back to Catalogue
    of Reference Procedures

    Date: Feb. 2014 1(2) 306en.pdf


    Reference procedure Chapter 3: Gas Analysis and Gas Measurement

    Further information

    General

    Gas sensors are calibrated and tested using a test


    system where test gas mixtures of defined composition
    are generated dynamically from appropriate parent
    gases in cylinders. These test gas mixtures are
    transferred into test chambers containing the sensors
    under investigation. The gas blending system provides
    for continuous variation of mixture composition,
    including humidification, at a high dynamic range (left
    part of figure). Gas blending is performed using mass-
    flow controllers (MFC), which control four different gas
    streams. The blending process and the resulting
    composition are regulated by varying the gas flow
    through the MFCs. The system is able to generate gas
    mixtures containing up to four components, an inert
    carrier gas (synthetic air or nitrogen) and humidity. Two
    test chambers have been developed, optimised for a
    small and a larger volume, respectively, and accurately
    defined gas flow. These test chambers are equipped with five (or up to ten) sensors of different types and provide
    for measurement of gas temperature between -40 °C and +180 °C. The gas mixtures generated are analysed
    using a dew-point mirror and a quadrupole mass-spectrometer to check the accuracy of the pre-determined
    mixture composition and humidity. The humidification of the gas mixture is based on the saturation method using a
    glass bubbler. The humidified carrier gas is cooled down in a gas cooler to adjust the dew point. Finally, the
    humidified carrier gas is mixed with the test gas, and dry inert carrier gas is added. A personal computer controls
    all parts of the system via an IEEE-bus net. The right part of the figure shows a schematic plan of the measuring
    system.

    Operating principle

    Date: Feb. 2014 2(2) 306en.pdf

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