TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kirchner, Patrick
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Friedrich, Peter
A1  - Berger, Jörg
A1  - Rysstad, Gunnar
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
T1  - Realisation of a calorimetric gas sensor on polyimide foil for applications in aseptic food industry
JF  - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
N2  - A calorimetric gas sensor is presented for the monitoring of vapour-phase H2O2 at elevated temperature during sterilisation processes in aseptic food industry. The sensor was built up on a flexible polyimide foil (thickness: 25 μm) that has been chosen due to its thermal stability and low thermal conductivity. The sensor set-up consists of two temperature-sensitive platinum thin-film resistances passivated by a layer of SU-8 photo resist and catalytically activated by manganese(IV) oxide. Instead of an active heating structure, the calorimetric sensor utilises the elevated temperature of the evaporated H2O2 aerosol. In an experimental test rig, the sensor has shown a sensitivity of 4.78 °C/(%, v/v) in a H2O2 concentration range of 0%, v/v to 8%, v/v. Furthermore, the sensor possesses the same, unchanged sensor signal even at varied medium temperatures between 210 °C and 270 °C of the gas stream. At flow rates of the gas stream from 8 m3/h to 12 m3/h, the sensor has shown only a slightly reduced sensitivity at a low flow rate of 8 m3/h. The sensor characterisation demonstrates the suitability of the calorimetric gas sensor for monitoring the efficiency of industrial sterilisation processes.
KW  - Sterilisation process
KW  - Hydrogen peroxide
KW  - Polyimide
KW  - Calorimetric gas sensor
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2011.01.032
SN  - 0925-4005
N1  - Part of special issue "Eurosensors XXIV, 2010"
VL  - 170
SP  - 60
EP  - 66
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -