Optical evanescent-wave hydrogen fiber sensor based on Bragg grating coated with nanoparticles

Ahmad Abdalwareth; Günter Flachenecker; Martin Angelmahr; Wolfgang Schade

doi:10.1117/12.2647674

6 March 2023 Optical evanescent-wave hydrogen fiber sensor based on Bragg grating coated with nanoparticles

Ahmad Abdalwareth, Günter Flachenecker, Martin Angelmahr, Wolfgang Schade

Proceedings Volume 12372, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII; 123720K (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647674
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Hydrogen has attracted much attention as a source of clean and sustainable energy. However, one of the drawbacks of handling hydrogen as a power source is its volatility and flammability. Moreover, hydrogen leakages in gas pipelines or tanks can generate highly explosive gas mixtures in air, if the hydrogen concentrations exceed 4 %. Therefore, in order to increase the security, monitoring of hydrogen concentrations in hydrogen infrastructures is mandatory. Remote sensing systems using passive fiber optical sensors are predestined for these kinds of applications. In this paper, a sensor based on evanescent field fiber Bragg grating (FBG), coated with palladium (Pd) nanoparticles is proposed. Thereby, the intensity change of the sensor signal correlates with the hydrogen concentration. The detection range of the sensor is between 0.5% to 5% H2 in nitrogen or synthetic air atmosphere and therefore shows great potential for the detection of hydrogen leakages below the explosive limit of 4%.

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Ahmad Abdalwareth, Günter Flachenecker, Martin Angelmahr, and Wolfgang Schade "Optical evanescent-wave hydrogen fiber sensor based on Bragg grating coated with nanoparticles", Proc. SPIE 12372, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXIII, 123720K (6 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647674

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