Combining impedance spectroscopy with optical absorption spectroscopy in the UV for biofuel composition measurement

Luke Middelburg; Mohammadamir Ghaderi; Andre Bossche; Jeroen Bastemeijer; Ger De Graaf; Reinoud Wolffenbuttel; Rick Soltis; Jaco Visser

doi:10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969676

Combining impedance spectroscopy with optical absorption spectroscopy in the UV for biofuel composition measurement

Luke Middelburg, Mohammadamir Ghaderi, Andre Bossche, Jeroen Bastemeijer, Ger De Graaf, Reinoud Wolffenbuttel, Rick Soltis, Jaco Visser

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Abstract

A capacitive probe is generally used in a flex-fuel engine for measuring the ethanol content in biofuel. However, the water content in biofuel of high ethanol content cannot be disregarded or considered constant and the full composition measurement of ethanol, gasoline and water in biofuel is required. Electrical impedance spectroscopy with a customized capacitive probe operating in the 10 kHz to 1 MHz frequency range is combined with optical absorption spectroscopy in the UV spectral range between 230 and 300 nm for a full composition measurement. This approach is experimentally validated using actual fuels and the results demonstrate that electrical impedance spectroscopy when supplemented with optical impedance spectroscopy can be used to fully determine the composition of the biofuel and applied for a more effective engine management. A concept for a low-cost combined measurement system in the fuel line is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2017) Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-3596-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969676
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference - Torino, Italy Duration: 22 May 2017 → 25 May 2017 http://2017.imtc.ieee-ims.org/

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Abbreviated title	I2MTC 2017
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	22/05/17 → 25/05/17
Internet address	http://2017.imtc.ieee-ims.org/

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Keywords

Biofuel composition
Fuel sensor
Impedance spectroscopy
Optical absorption spectroscopy
Ternary mixtures

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Middelburg, L., Ghaderi, M., Bossche, A., Bastemeijer, J., De Graaf, G., Wolffenbuttel, R., Soltis, R., & Visser, J. (2017). Combining impedance spectroscopy with optical absorption spectroscopy in the UV for biofuel composition measurement. In 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2017) Proceedings (pp. 1-6). Article 7969676 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/I2MTC.2017.7969676

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Combining impedance spectroscopy with optical absorption spectroscopy in the UV for biofuel composition measurement. / Middelburg, Luke; Ghaderi, Mohammadamir; Bossche, Andre et al.
2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC 2017) Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2017. p. 1-6 7969676.

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