How will I benefit from SST’s LuminOx solid- state optical oxygen sensors?

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 1/11 | Solid-state #oxygen #sensors operating on optical technologies have surpassed electro-galvanic fuel cells in virtually every aspect. Electro-galvanic fuel cells ‘once’ set the benchmark for oxygen sensing technologies. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 2/11 | These oxygen sensors operate like a battery using an expendable electrolyte that is reactive with oxygen. However, the accuracy of electro-galvanic oxygen sensors has been repeatedly called into question. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 3/11 | Their cross-sensitivity with other gases and the rate the chemicals used within are depleted are reliant on the levels of concentration of the target gas. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 4/11 | Low-Cost Solid State Oxygen Sensors

Generally, solid-state oxygen sensors are cost-competitive with electrochemical sensors. There is a common misconception that the technology demands increased up-front investment compared to electro-galvanic cells… https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 5/11 | …but this is rarely the case. The non-depleting technology at work in solid-state optical oxygen sensors can provide appreciable long-term cost savings, whilst providing additional key benefits to electro-galvanic cells. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 6/11 | Solid State Oxygen Sensors Operate Over a Wider Temperature Range

Electrochemical sensors are sensitive to temperature and therefore require external compensation, using hardware or software methods. LuminOx contains built-in temperature and… https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 7/11 | …pressure sensors and can work below freezing point. Not only does LuminOx measure and compensate for temperature, but it’s two wire communications interface allows the gas temperature and pressure to be measured and transmitted. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 8/11 | Long Operating Life

One of the primary drawbacks of electrochemical oxygen sensors is the depleting nature by which they operate. Optical technologies are typically founded on non-depleting techniques like fluorescence quenching… https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 9/11 | …which utilizes an oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye that is excited with a pulsed light. This fluorescence is detected, and the rate of fluorescent decay over time is measured as a function of ppO2. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 10/11 | Virtually No Cross-Sensitivity

Electrochemical sensors generally come with a list of cross sensitive gases that affect the oxygen reading and therefore increase or decrease the output current… https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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#SensorFAQs – Q27 11/11 | …Optical solid-state oxygen sensors have minimal cross-sensitivity with other gases as luminescence/fluorescence quenching by oxygen is highly selective to oxygen molecules. https://t.co/29Ktoc9QeL

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