Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs

Jingqin Mao; Longze Liu; Yahya Atwa; Junming Hou; Hamza Shakeel

Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs

Jingqin Mao, Longze Liu, Yahya Atwa, Junming Hou, Hamza Shakeel^*

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School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper presents a new scheme for readout of a photoionization detector (PID) that utilizes the ionization luminescence of target gases in helium plasma to generate an output signal. Our signal readout method is based on processing the recorded video and correlating the light peak intensity with the sample injection time and concentration. We successfully demonstrated the feasibility of a colorimetric readout-based photoionization detector coupled with a gas chromatography column by detecting a mixture of non-polar compounds (alkanes) and two polar compounds (acetone and ethanol). The detection limit for our first-generation device was calculated to be ~118 ng for acetone and around 26 ng for ethanol.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1121-1124
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9784886864352
ISBN (Print)	9798350333022
Publication status	Published - 07 May 2024
Event	22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023 - Kyoto, Japan Duration: 25 Jun 2023 → 29 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings
ISSN (Print)	2167-0013
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-0021

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kyoto
Period	25/06/2023 → 29/06/2023

Keywords

dielectric barrier discharge plasma
image processing
Photoionization detector
volatile organic compound

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Optimization
Instrumentation

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Mao, J., Liu, L., Atwa, Y., Hou, J., & Shakeel, H. (2024). Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs. In 2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings (pp. 1121-1124). (International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10516854

Mao, Jingqin ; Liu, Longze ; Atwa, Yahya et al. / Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs. 2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024. pp. 1121-1124 (International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings).

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Mao, J, Liu, L, Atwa, Y, Hou, J & Shakeel, H 2024, Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs. in 2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings. International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1121-1124, 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023, Kyoto, Japan, 25/06/2023. <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10516854>

Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs. / Mao, Jingqin; Liu, Longze; Atwa, Yahya et al.
2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024. p. 1121-1124 (International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers): Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Colorimetric readout based photoionization detector for gas chromatographs

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