Aerospace applications require a range of chemical sensing technologies to monitor conditions in both space vehicles and aircraft operations. One example is the monitoring of oxygen. For example, monitoring of ambient oxygen (O2) levels is critical to ensuring the health, safety, and performance of humans living and working in space. Oxygen sensors can also be incorporated in detection systems to determine if hazardous leaks are occurring in space propulsion systems and storage facilities. In aeronautic applications, O2 detection has been investigated for fuel tank monitoring. However, as noted elsewhere, O2 is not the only species of interest in aerospace applications with a wide range of species of interest being relevant to understand an environmental or vehicle condition. These include combustion products such as CO, HF, HCN, and HCl, which are related to both the presence of a fire and monitoring of post-fire clean-up operations. This paper discusses the development of an electrochemical cell platform based on a polymer electrolyte, NAFION, and a three-electrode configuration. The approach has been to mature this basic platform for a range of applications and to test this system, combined with "Lick and Stick" electronics, for its viability to monitor an environment related to astronaut crew health and safety applications with an understanding that a broad range of applications can be addressed with a core technology.


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    Title :

    Application of Smart Solid State Sensor Technology in Aerospace Applications


    Contributors:
    Hunter, Gary W. (author) / Xu, Jennifer C. (author) / Dungan, L.K. (author) / Makel, D. (author) / Ward, B. (author) / Androjna, D. (author)

    Conference:

    213th Meeting of The Electrochemical Society ; 2008 ; Phoenix, AZ, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-05-18


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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