A new method using a catalytic sensor for the identification and concentration measurement of combustible gases

Abstract : the present state-of-the-art in gas detection does not allow the precise titration of a combustible gas in air with a single catalytic sensor, because the signal depends also on other parameters than the oxidation of the gas. It is why the catalytic transducers always consist of both a detector and a compensating element. We present here a process which permits the avoidance of the compensating element, and which, moreover, allows the identification of the combustible gas and the recognition of high concentrations for some gases