MOBILE GAS SENSING FOR LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

Indoor air quality has become a growing concern in modern society due to prolonged indoor working hours that lead to the frequent exposure to numerous toxic gases from various sources. These pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pose severe health risks such as asthma and lung cancer. To address this critical issue, this project focuses on developing and evaluating an advanced gas detection system that explicitly targets VOCs by integrating two novel metal oxide semiconductor (MOX)-based gas sensors, ENS 160 and TED110. Different sensor parameters, such as the air quality index (AQI) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), were evaluated using 12 volatile organic chemicals. The findings revealed that the ENS 160 sensor performs excellently, detecting 60 gas samples out of 72, with an average detection rate of approximately 83%. In contrast, the TED110 sensor demonstrated considerably lower performance and response in 24 out of 72 gas samples, with a detection rate of about 33%. The results contribute insights into the gas sensor’s characteristics, providing essential information to enhance indoor air quality monitoring technology, particularly in laboratory environments.