Development of MOX Gas Sensors Module for Indoor Air Contaminant Measurement

Abstract

This paper presents the development of gas sensor module consisting of metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors for indoor air contaminant measurement. The first phase of the studies involves the design of PCBs board for six different metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors particularly CCS803, MiCS5524, GM-402B, GM-502B, GM-702B and MiCS6814. Next, the main board consisting of temperature, humidity and another two MOX gas sensors (i.e TGS2600 and TGS2602) was developed for the acquisition of the sensors. A partially closed chamber was designed and fabricated to fit the main board and allows inflow and outflow of gases. The responses of the gas sensors were measured in a closed room, with the air conditioner turned on and off periodically. The results show that all the MOX gas sensor used are affected by temperature and humidity of the environment. Therefore, the sensor response drift needs to be corrected in order to obtain reliable indoor air contaminant measurement.