Carbon Dioxide Measurement

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a chemical compound that is an odourless colourless gas at room temperature. The compound consists of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.

The presence of Carbon dioxide can be detected and measured using a carbon dioxide sensor. Some common applications for a CO2 detector are in monitoring indoor air quality, landfill, process control and controlled environment horticulture.

Despite the fact that Carbon Dioxide is difficult to detect, Edinburgh Sensors’ range of CO2 detectors allow the gas to be strongly absorbed as a result of non-dispersive infrared technology.

As well as being failsafe and easy to use for continual monitoring, NDIR sensors offer highly sensitive detection for gases such as CO2. This is because gases such as methane and carbon dioxide absorb infrared light very strongly and have characteristic fingerprint signals for unambiguous identification so even trace amounts of gases can be detected.

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