{"id":574,"date":"2020-10-28T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gas-sensing.com\/news\/?p=574"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:05:55","slug":"new-nitrogen-dioxide-aeroqual-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gas-sensing.com\/news\/new-nitrogen-dioxide-aeroqual-sensor\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nitrogen Dioxide Aeroqual Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gas Sensing is excited to offer the new and improved Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) sensor (END<\/a>) from Aeroqual. Previous versions of the NO2 sensor (formally called the ENW) head used a less-specific electrochemical sensor that was cross-reactive to atmospheric ozone. This created difficulties in obtaining accurate nitrogen dioxide measurements and customers would often need to use a second handheld monitor to simultaneously measure ozone. The new NO2 sensor head uses a sensor with an O3 filtering layer greatly improves usability. This new Nitrogen Dioxide sensor will measure\u00a00-1ppm NO2<\/a> and is compatible to work with the\u00a0S-200<\/a>,\u00a0S-300<\/a>,\u00a0S-500<\/a>\u00a0portable bases monitors and the fixed\u00a0S-900<\/a> and S-930<\/a> base. See more information about the new END sensor below in the bulletin from\u00a0Aeroqual<\/a>\u00a0on September 17, 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Nitrogen Dioxide Sensor for Interference-free Measurements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Low-cost gas-sensitive electrochemical (GSE) nitrogen dioxide (NO2<\/sub>) sensors are used for both indoor and outdoor monitoring. The sensors are stable, long lasting, require very little power and are capable of accurate measurement. These features mean they are often used in compact devices for monitoring outdoor air pollution measurements where NO2<\/sub> is a criteria pollutant of interest<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, GSE NO2<\/sub>\u00a0sensors are susceptible to cross-interference from ozone (O3<\/sub>) when measuring the outdoor air. We have tackled this issue by developing a new\u00a00-1 ppm nitrogen dioxide (NO2<\/sub>) sensor head<\/a>\u00a0that contains an integrated ozone (O3<\/sub>) filtering layer. This gives you an accurate way to measure the air, by removing the ozone interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE CHALLENGES OF MEASURING NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2<\/sub>)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nitrogen dioxide sensors are susceptible to temperature (T), relative humidity (RH) and interfering gases, particularly ozone. These factors can all impact the NO2<\/sub> measurement. We discuss the challenges with electrochemical NO2<\/sub> sensors in more detail in this blog<\/a>. This cross-interference with ozone reduces the usability of the NO2<\/sub> sensor head, as an adjacent ozone reading is required to produce an accurate NO2<\/sub> measurement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOLUTIONS TO NITROGEN DIOXIDE CROSS-SENSITIVITY <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There are two main ways to reduce the effect of cross-sensitivity on electrochemical nitrogen dioxide sensors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Correcting for the ozone interference by using Aeroqual\u2019s selective gas-sensitive semiconductor (GSS) ozone sensor technology<\/a> alongside a GSE NO2<\/sub> sensor. Our AQY micro air quality monitor<\/a> overcomes these challenges by using an Aeroqual patented technique.<\/li>
  2. Using selective filters (chemical scrubbing). This technique is used in our new filtered NO2<\/sub> sensor head, creating a single sensor solution for our versatile portable monitors<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    HOW DOES THE NEW FILTERED NO2<\/sub> SENSOR PERFORM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s take a look at how the new filtered nitrogen dioxide sensor performs. The following charts show the effect of the filtering layer we have used in the NO2<\/sub> sensor.  They also compare the performance of the new 0-1 ppm NO2<\/sub> sensor head (with ozone filter) with the previous unfiltered NO2<\/sub> sensor head. All data below is using 15-minute time averaged data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Old<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In the chart above you can see how the old unfiltered NO2<\/sub> sensor head responds to both ozone and NO2<\/sub>. When the ozone (purple) levels are high, the sensor is reading high. When but it is also responding to the ozone. This means that the reading you are getting is not an accurate NO2<\/sub> measurement by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"New<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In the chart above you can see the new filtered nitrogen dioxide sensor no longer responds during the periods of high ozone (purple). This means the NO2<\/sub> reading of this sensor head is much more accurate out of the box and it no longer requires a secondary measurement or data source to be correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WHAT PRODUCTS DOES THE NEW SENSOR WORK WITH?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The new filtered NO2<\/sub> sensor head is compatible with the following Aeroqual products:<\/p>\n\n\n\n