A New Approach for Monitoring Sweat Ammonia Levels Using a Ventilated Capsule

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Abstract

Ammonium levels in sweat can potentially be used to measure muscle fatigue and to diagnose particular metabolic myopathies. To research the potential use of ammonia in sweat as a biomarker, a new real-time monitoring system is developed. This system consists of a capsule that is placed on the skin and ventilated with dry air. A metal-oxide gas sensor in the capsule detects the ammonia that is evaporated from sweat. The sensor system was built, and calibration experiments were performed. The sensors show good sensitivity from 27 mV/ppm to 1.1 mV/ppm in the desired measurement range of 1 to 30 ppm, respectively. A temperature and humidity sensor is integrated to compensate for temperature and humidity effects on the NH 3 sensor.

Original languageEnglish
Article number38
Pages (from-to)6
Number of pages1
JournalEngineering Proceedings
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • sweat sensor
  • NH3
  • metal oxide gas sensor
  • ventilated capsule

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