@article{KirchnerOberlaenderFriedrichetal.2010, author = {Kirchner, Patrick and Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Friedrich, Peter and Rysstad, Gunnar and Berger, J{\"o}rg and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Realization of a calorimetric gas sensor on polyimide foil for applications in aseptic food industry}, series = {Procedia Engineering}, volume = {5}, journal = {Procedia Engineering}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1877-7058}, doi = {10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.098}, pages = {264 -- 267}, year = {2010}, abstract = {A calorimetric gas sensor is presented for the monitoring of gas-phase H2O2 at elevated temperature during sterilization processes in aseptic food industry. The sensor consists of two temperature-sensitive thin-film resistances built up on a polyimide foil with a thickness of 25 μm, which are passivated with a layer of SU-8 photo resist and catalytically activated with manganese(IV) oxide. Instead of an active heating structure, the calorimetric sensor utilizes the elevated temperature of an evaporated H2O2 aerosol. In an experimental set-up, the sensor has shown a sensitivity of 4.78 °C/(\%v/v) in a H2O2 concentration range of 0 to 10\% v/v at an evaporation temperature of 240 ∘C. Furthermore, the sensor possesses the same, unchanged sensor signal even at varied evaporation temperatures of the gas stream. The sensor characterization demonstrates the suitability of the calorimetric gas sensor for monitoring the efficiency of sterilization processes.}, language = {en} } @article{KirchnerSpelthahnSchoeningetal.2010, author = {Kirchner, Patrick and Spelthahn, Heiko and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Henkel, Hartmut and Schneider, Andreas and Friedrich, Peter and Kolstad, Jens and Berger, J{\"o}rg}, title = {Realisierung eines Polyimid-basierten kalorimetrischen Gassensors zur Inline-{\"U}berwachung der H2O2-Konzentration in aseptischen Abf{\"u}llsystemen}, series = {Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010}, journal = {Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010}, publisher = {VDE Verlag}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8007-3260-9}, pages = {607 -- 612}, year = {2010}, abstract = {In aseptischen Abf{\"u}llsystemen wird Wasserstoffperoxid in der Gasphase aufgrund der stark oxidativen Wirkung zur Packstoffentkeimung eingesetzt. Dabei wird die Effizienz der Entkeimung im Wesentlichen von der vorliegenden H2O2-Konzentration im Packstoff bestimmt. Zur Inline-{\"U}berwachung der H2O2-Konzentration wurde ein kalorimetrischer Gassensor auf Basis einer flexiblen Polyimidfolie aus temperatursensitiven D{\"u}nnschicht-Widerst{\"a}nden und Mangan(IV)-oxid als katalytische Transducerschicht realisiert. Der Sensor weist ein lineares Ansprechverhalten mit einer Sensitivit{\"a}t von 7,15 °C/Vol.-\% in einem H2O2-Konzentrationsbereich von 0 bis 8 Vol.-\% auf. Weiterhin wurde zur Auslesung des Sensorsignals eine RFID-Elektronik, bestehend aus einem Sensor-Tag und einer Sende-/Empfangseinheit ausgelegt, sowie eine Abfolge des Messzyklus aufgestellt. Im weiteren Verlauf soll der kalorimetrische Gassensor mit der RFID-Elektronik gekoppelt und in eine Testverpackung zur Inline-{\"U}berwachung der H2O2-Konzentration in aseptischen Abf{\"u}llsystemen implementiert werden.}, language = {de} } @article{SchoeningKirchnerNgetal.2010, author = {Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Kirchner, Patrick and Ng, Yue Ann and Spelthahn, Heiko and Schneider, Andreas and Henkel, Hartmut and Friedrich, Peter and Kolstad, Jens and Berger, J{\"o}rg and Keusgen, Michael}, title = {Gas sensor investigation based on a catalytically activated thin-film thermopile for H2O2 detection}, series = {Physica Status Solidi (A)}, volume = {207}, journal = {Physica Status Solidi (A)}, number = {4}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1862-6300}, doi = {10.1002/pssa.200983309}, pages = {787 -- 792}, year = {2010}, abstract = {In aseptic filling systems, hydrogen peroxide vapour is commonly used for the reduction of microbial contaminations in carton packages. In this process, the germicidal efficiency of the vapour depends especially on the H₂O₂ concentration. To monitor the H₂O₂ concentration, a calorimetric H₂O₂ gas sensor based on a catalytically activated thin-film thermopile is investigated. Two different sensor layouts, namely a circular and a linear form, as well as two various material pairs such as tungsten/nickel and gold/nickel, have been examined for the realization of a thin-film thermopile. Additionally, manganese oxide and palladium particles have been compared as responsive catalysts towards H₂O₂. The thin-film sensors have been investigated at various H₂O₂ concentrations, gas temperatures and flow rates.}, language = {en} }