Quasi-Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature and Humidity Sensor System for Monitoring of Grain Storage in Granaries
- Submitting institution
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City, University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1323
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/JSEN.2020.2989163
- Title of journal
- IEEE Sensors Journal
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- First page
- 9226
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 16
- ISSN
- 1530-437X
- Open access status
- Not compliant
- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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7
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper was developed from cooperative research with Chinese industrial colleagues to address the multi-million dollar problem of grain spoilage by mildew due to excessive moisture in storage. Building on previous sensor research pioneered at City, a quasi-distributed, intrinsically safe fibre optic temperature and humidity sensor system tailored explicitly to use in the dusty (and thus potentially explosive) environment of large granaries was developed and field tested successfully at a major storage facility in China, over a 4 month evaluation. This pointed the way to future applications in similar hazardous environments where conventional sensors are deficient or fail.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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