The article presents the detection of gases using an infrared imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer (IFTS). The Telops company has developed the IFTS instrument HyperCam, which is offered as a short- or long-wave infrared device. The principle of HyperCam operation and methodology of gas detection has been shown in the paper, as well as theoretical evaluation of gas detection possibility. Calculations of the optical path between the IFTS device, cloud of gases and background have been also discussed. The variation of a signal reaching the IFTS caused by the presence of a gas has been calculated and compared with the reference signal obtained without the presence of a gas in IFTS's field of view. Verification of the theoretical result has been made by laboratory measurements. Some results of the detection of various types of gases has been also included in the paper.
This paper presents a portable exhaled breath analyser, developed to detect selected diseases. The set-up
employs resistive gas sensors: commercial MEMS sensors and prototype gas sensors made of WO3 gas
sensing layers doped with various metal ingredients. The set-up can modulate the gas sensors by applying
UV light to induce physical changes of the gas sensing layers. The sensors are placed in a tiny gas
chamber of a volume of about 22 ml. Breath samples can be either injected or blown into the gas chamber
when an additional pump is used to select the last breath phase. DC resistance and resistance fluctuations
of selected sensors using separate channels are recorded by an external data acquisition board. Low-noise
amplifiers with a selected gain were used together with a necessary bias circuit. The set-up monitors other
atmospheric parameters interacting with the responses of resistive gas sensors (humidity, temperature, atmospheric
pressure). The recorded data may be further analysed to determine optimal detection methods.