Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses
Measurements of ammonia with inexpensive and reliable sensors are necessary to obtain information about e.g., ammonia emissions. The concentration information is needed for mitigation technologies and documentation of existing technologies in agriculture. A flow-based fluorescence sensor to measure...
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| author | Jesper Nørlem Kamp Lise Lotte Sørensen Michael Jørgen Hansen Tavs Nyord Anders Feilberg |
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| description | Measurements of ammonia with inexpensive and reliable sensors are necessary to obtain information about e.g., ammonia emissions. The concentration information is needed for mitigation technologies and documentation of existing technologies in agriculture. A flow-based fluorescence sensor to measure ammonia gas was developed. The automated sensor is robust, flexible and made from inexpensive components. Ammonia is transferred to water in a miniaturized scrubber with high transfer efficiency (>99%) and reacts with o-phthalaldehyde and sulfite (pH 11) to form a fluorescent adduct, which is detected with a photodiode. Laboratory calibrations with standard gas show good linearity over a dynamic range from 0.03 to 14 ppm, and the detection limit of the analyzer based on three-times the standard deviation of blank noise was approximately 10 ppb. The sampling frequency is 0.1 to 10 s, which can easily be changed through serial commands along with UV LED current and filter length. Parallel measurements with a cavity ring-down spectroscopy analyzer in a pig house show good agreement (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.99). The fluorescence sensor has the potential to provide ammonia gas measurements in an agricultural environment with high time resolution and linearity over a broad range of concentrations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54fcc953638346569995492a9881287a2023-12-03T12:08:21ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-03-01215170110.3390/s21051701Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock HousesJesper Nørlem Kamp0Lise Lotte Sørensen1Michael Jørgen Hansen2Tavs Nyord3Anders Feilberg4Environmental Engineering, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkDepartment of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, DenmarkEnvironmental Engineering, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkEnvironmental Engineering, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkEnvironmental Engineering, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8200 Aarhus N, DenmarkMeasurements of ammonia with inexpensive and reliable sensors are necessary to obtain information about e.g., ammonia emissions. The concentration information is needed for mitigation technologies and documentation of existing technologies in agriculture. A flow-based fluorescence sensor to measure ammonia gas was developed. The automated sensor is robust, flexible and made from inexpensive components. Ammonia is transferred to water in a miniaturized scrubber with high transfer efficiency (>99%) and reacts with o-phthalaldehyde and sulfite (pH 11) to form a fluorescent adduct, which is detected with a photodiode. Laboratory calibrations with standard gas show good linearity over a dynamic range from 0.03 to 14 ppm, and the detection limit of the analyzer based on three-times the standard deviation of blank noise was approximately 10 ppb. The sampling frequency is 0.1 to 10 s, which can easily be changed through serial commands along with UV LED current and filter length. Parallel measurements with a cavity ring-down spectroscopy analyzer in a pig house show good agreement (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.99). The fluorescence sensor has the potential to provide ammonia gas measurements in an agricultural environment with high time resolution and linearity over a broad range of concentrations.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/5/1701ammoniaNH<sub>3</sub>fluorescence sensorpigs |
| spellingShingle | Jesper Nørlem Kamp Lise Lotte Sørensen Michael Jørgen Hansen Tavs Nyord Anders Feilberg Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses Sensors ammonia NH<sub>3</sub> fluorescence sensor pigs |
| title | Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses |
| title_full | Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses |
| title_fullStr | Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses |
| title_short | Low-Cost Fluorescence Sensor for Ammonia Measurement in Livestock Houses |
| title_sort | low cost fluorescence sensor for ammonia measurement in livestock houses |
| topic | ammonia NH<sub>3</sub> fluorescence sensor pigs |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/5/1701 |
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