TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bartelmeß, Jürgen A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Banach, Ulrich A1 - Noske, Reinhard A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Fluorescence sensor for the long-term monitoring of gaseous ammonia N2 - Ammonia and its reaction products can cause considerable damage of human health and ecosystems, increasing the necessity for reliable and reversible sensors to monitor traces of gaseous ammonia in ambient air directly on-site or in the field. Although various types of gas sensors are available, fluorescence sensors have gained importance due to advantages such as high sensitivity and facile miniaturization. Here, we present the development of a sensor material for the detection of gaseous ammonia in the lower ppm to ppb range by incorporation of a fluorescent dye, which shows reversible fluorescence modulations as a function of analyte concentration, into a polymer matrix to ensure the accumulation of ammonia. A gas standard generator producing standard gas mixtures, which comply with the metrological traceability in the desired environmentally relevant measurement range, was used to calibrate the optical sensor system. To integrate the sensor material into a mobile device, a prototype of a hand-held instrument was developed, enabling straightforward data acquisition over a long period. T2 - Colloquium of Optical Spectrometry (COSP) 2017 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2017 KW - Ammonia gas sensor KW - Fluorescence KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Standard gas generator KW - Miniaturized sensor device PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43143 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Banach, Ulrich A1 - Noske, Reinhard A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Novel sensor for long-term monitoring of ammonia in gas phase N2 - Because ammonia and its reaction products can cause considerable damage to human health and ecosystems, there is a need for reliably operating and reversibly interacting sensor materials to monitor traces of gaseous ammonia in ambient air, which at best can be used on-site for in-the-field measurements. Herein, the development of a sensor material for gaseous ammonia in the lower ppm to ppb range using optical fluorescence as transduction mechanism is presented. A fluorescent dye, which shows reversible fluorescence enhancement in the presence of ammonia is incorporated into a polymer matrix, the latter to ensure the accumulation of ammonia. The sensor material is integrated into a prototype of a miniaturized sensor device, facilitating long-term operation. To calibrate the optical sensor system a gas standard generator, producing standard gas mixtures, is used, leading to a sensitivity down to lower ppm concentrations of ammonia. T2 - 13. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium 2017 CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 04.12.2017 KW - Ammonia gas sensor KW - Fluorescence KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Standard gas generator KW - Miniaturized sensor device PY - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5162/13dss2017/P4.02 SP - P4.02, 272 EP - 276 AN - OPUS4-43352 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Banach, Ulrich A1 - Hübert, Thomas A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias T1 - Development of a gas standard generator N2 - Pollution through emission of toxic gases is an increasing problem for the environment. It affects similarly agricultural, industrial and urban areas. In future, environmental emissions in ambient air must be monitored at even lower concentrations as nowadays. One environmental relevant compound is ammonia and its conversion product ammonium that have strong negative impact on human health and ecosystems. Most ammonia measurements in ambient air are performed in the range below 1000 nmol·mol-1 and thus there is a need for reliable traceable ammonia gas standards and in addition in situ analytical procedures for monitoring (in ambient air to avoid that thresholds are exceeded). Therefore, the use of reference materials is necessary for development accompanying test or for calibration, e. g. of structure-integrated sensors and mobile multi-gas sensors. The developed gas standard generator produces gas mixtures that comply with the metrological traceability for ammonia gas standards in the desired environmentally relevant measurement range. The method is based on the permeation of ammonia through a membrane at constant temperature and pressure. The resulting ammonia penetrant gas flow is then mixed with a carrier gas flow to generate a gas standard flow of known concentration. The dynamic rage is enlarged by using a two dilution steps. Depending on the permeation rate, generable molar fractions are possible in the range nmol·mol-1 to a few µmol·mol-1. We present the design of an ammonia gas standard generator and first results of the characterisation of its individual components supporting the uncertainty assessment according to GUM for stable gas concentrations in this range. The relative uncertainty of the generated ammonia gas standard is smaller than 4 % (k = 2). T2 - Colloquium of Optical Spectrometry (COSP) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2017 KW - Gas standard generator KW - Permeation method KW - Ammonia PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43337 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bartelmeß, Jürgen T1 - Adaptable multi-sensor device for gas detection N2 - Innovation is the catalyst for the technology of the future. It is important to develop new and better technologies that can continuously monitor the environmental impact, e.g., for air quality control or emission detection. In the recently at BAM developed Universal Pump Sensor Control (UPSC3) module, different components and sensors are fused. The combination of the individual components makes the UPSC3 module an excellent monitoring and reference system for the development and characterization of gas specific sensors. Measurements over long periods are possible, for mixed gas loads or for certain gas measurements. The system is part of a mobile sensor network of several sensor units, which can also be used as standalone systems. The motivation and objective of this research is to develop gas sensors based on fluorescence detection with range of ppm / ppb. For this task a reference system is required, which contains volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors for reference data from different scenarios. The integrated multi-sensor unit can measure different gases through the integrated 3-fold VOC sensor, which can be adapted to the addressed scenario. . The system-integrated flow control, with pump and flow sensor, allows the gas molecules to be transported directly to the VOC sensor. The entire measurement is permanently stored on an integrated memory card. If the previously determined limit range is exceeded, an alarm is generated. The system is an important tool towards further developments in the field of gas sensors and is primarily used for the validation of chemically based gas sensors. T2 - Colloquium of Optical Spectrometry (COSP) 2017 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2017 KW - Gas detection KW - Multi sensor device KW - Pump control KW - VOC PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43193 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Neumann, Patrick P. A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bartelmeß, Jürgen A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Hüllmann, Dino A1 - Krentel, Daniel A1 - Kluge, Martin A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Lilienthal, A.J. T1 - Airborne Remote Gas Sensing and Mapping N2 - Leaking methane (CH4) from infrastructures, such as pipelines and landfills, is critical for the environment but can also pose a safety risk. To enable a fast detection and localization of these kind of leaks, we developed a novel robotic platform for aerial remote gas sensing. Spectroscopic measurement methods for remote sensing of selected gases lend themselves for use on mini-copters, which offer a number of advantages for inspection and surveillance over traditional methods. No direct contact with the target gas is needed and thus the influence of the aerial platform on the measured gas plume can be kept to a minimum. This allows to overcome one of the major issues with gas-sensitive mini-copters. On the other hand, remote gas sensors, most prominently Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) sensors have been too bulky given the payload and energy restrictions of mini-copters. Here, we present the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Remote Gas Sensing (UAV-REGAS), which combines a novel lightweight TDLAS sensor with a 3-axis aerial stabilization gimbal for aiming on a versatile hexacopter. The proposed system can be deployed in scenarios that cannot be addressed by currently available robots and thus constitutes a significant step forward for the field of Mobile Robot Olfaction (MRO). It enables tomographic reconstruction of gas plumes and a localization of gas sources. We also present first results showing its performance under realistic conditions. T2 - Colloquium of Optical Spectrometry (COSP) 2017 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2017 KW - Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) KW - UAV-REGAS KW - Mobile Robot Olfaction KW - Tomographic reconstruction of gas plumes KW - Localization of gas sources PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43204 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bartelmeß, Jürgen A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Kraus, Werner A1 - Mansurova, Maria A1 - Bell, Jérémy T1 - Developments towards the fluorescence based sensing of hazardous gases N2 - Fluorescence based sensing is a versatile approach for the trace analysis outside of the laboratory, requiring suitable sensor materials and their integration into sensing devices. The versatility of fluorophores as probes, especially in terms of the possibility to tailor their optical as well as their recognition properties by synthetic modifications in a wide range, renders them a superior active component for the preparation of optical sensor devices. Recent works at BAM in this field include, for example, the detection of nerve gas agents, illustrating impressively the aforementioned benefits of fluorophores in optical sensing applications. In the interdisciplinary approach presented here, we target hazardous gases such as ammonia, benzene, and hydrogen sulfide, next to others, which pose a major threat to human health and environmental safety and for which the availability of a sensitive and reliable detection method is highly desirable. The dyes presented follow a “turn-on” fluorescence schematic which allows for the selective and sensitive detection of the respective gaseous analyte. The immobilization of the probe in polymeric matrices is then the next step toward the fabrication of a prototype device for molecular sensing. T2 - Colloquium of Optical Spectrometry (COSP) 2017 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2017 KW - Gas sensing KW - Fluorescence KW - KonSens PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43209 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Bell, Jérémy A1 - Mansurova, Maria A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias T1 - Semi-automatic Gas Measurement Device Based on Fluorescent Multi-gas Sensors N2 - This paper describes the development of a semi-automatic gas measurement device presenting potentially a broad range of applications, noteworthy in the agricultural sector. Non-reversible fluorescent molecular sensors were designed and syn-thesized. Upon, integration into a hydrogel matrix with an optimal ratio of co-solvents, the sensors reacting selectively to ammonia were illuminated by excitation light to produce a concentration-correlated fluorescence emission. An automated mechanical-elec-trical device initiates a given gas mixture and thus simulates con-centrations similar to a threshold value. The aim of this project is to develop a sensor or a low-cost method which can monitor low concentrations of harmful gases and aid in their elimination or regulation in livestock housing, barns or stables. T2 - IEEE Sensors 2019 CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 27.10.2019 KW - gas analysis KW - fluorescence KW - embedded sensor KW - spectroscopy KW - environment KW - agricultural economy PY - 2019 SN - 978-1-7281-1634-1 SP - 88 EP - 92 PB - IEEE AN - OPUS4-49506 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Mansurova, M. A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Bell, Jérémy A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Semi-automatic Measurement Device for Long-Term Monitoring of Ammonia in Gas Phase N2 - The present paper describes the development of a sensor material that changes its fluorescence in the presence of gaseous ammonia in a relevant concentration range. The implementation into a semi-automatic gas measurement device enables low-cost, precise, simple and fast monitoring of low con-centrations of harmful gases, like ammonia, and hence can help to improve the climate monitoring in livestock housing, barns or stables. T2 - SMSI 2020 CY - Meeting was canceled KW - Spectroscopy KW - Emmbedded sensor KW - Environment KW - Air quality PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2020/B5.4 SP - 133 EP - 134 AN - OPUS4-50867 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawlitza, Kornelia A1 - Johann, Sergej A1 - Mansurova, Maria A1 - Kohlhoff, Harald A1 - Tiebe, Carlo A1 - Bell, Jérémy A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Rurack, Knut T1 - Semi-automatic Measurement Device for Long-Term Monitoring of Ammonia in Gas Phase N2 - In the present paper the development of a semi-automated device for long-term monitoring of gaseous ammonia is described. A sensor material was produced that changes its optical properties in the pres-ence of low concentrations of ammonia in air. The implementation into an electronic device enables precise, simple, economic and fast monitoring of low concentrations of harmful gases, like ammonia, and hence can help to improve the climate monitoring in livestock housing, barns or stables. T2 - SMSI 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 03.05.2021 KW - Spectroscopy KW - Embedded sensor KW - Environment KW - Air quality PY - 2021 SP - 133 EP - 134 AN - OPUS4-52576 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -