Odour sensing in turbulent plumes with high-speed electronic nose and non-invasive ground truth

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Auteurs principaux: Dennler, Nik, Stark, Elle, Collaku, Saimon, Larson, Lars, van Schaik, André, Schmuker, Michael, Crimaldi, John, Güntner, Andreas T., True, Aaron
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author Dennler, Nik
Stark, Elle
Collaku, Saimon
Larson, Lars
van Schaik, André
Schmuker, Michael
Crimaldi, John
Güntner, Andreas T.
True, Aaron
author_facet Dennler, Nik
Stark, Elle
Collaku, Saimon
Larson, Lars
van Schaik, André
Schmuker, Michael
Crimaldi, John
Güntner, Andreas T.
True, Aaron
contents Chemical sensing in real-world environments requires resolving rapidly fluctuating and spatially heterogeneous concentration fields. However, these dynamics are strongly distorted by widely used, low-cost metal-oxide (MOx) gas sensors, whose thermal and surface-kinetic response acts as a low-pass filter on the underlying concentration signal. Quantifying and compensating for these effects remains challenging, largely due to the lack of benchmark datasets that simultaneously capture the spatiotemporal structure of turbulent odour fields and the time-resolved response of point sensors. Here, we present a dataset combining planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements of an acetone tracer plume with synchronised recordings from a custom, kilohertz-rate microelectromechanical (MEMS) MOx electronic nose deployed in a laboratory wind tunnel. The PLIF system provides quantitative, two-dimensional concentration fields at high spatial and temporal resolution, while the co-located e-nose records film resistance, heater currents, and environmental parameters with aligned timestamps. The dataset enables quantitative assessment of sensor dynamics, development and benchmarking of reconstruction and deconvolution algorithms, and data-driven modelling of plume structure. All recordings, metadata, calibration files, and example analysis scripts are released in open, platform-independent formats. Together, these provide a valuable reference for researchers working in odour-guided robotics, environmental monitoring, computational fluid dynamics, and neuromorphic sensing, supporting the design and evaluation of high-speed odour-sensing systems.
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spellingShingle Odour sensing in turbulent plumes with high-speed electronic nose and non-invasive ground truth
Dennler, Nik
Stark, Elle
Collaku, Saimon
Larson, Lars
van Schaik, André
Schmuker, Michael
Crimaldi, John
Güntner, Andreas T.
True, Aaron
Signal Processing
Chemical sensing in real-world environments requires resolving rapidly fluctuating and spatially heterogeneous concentration fields. However, these dynamics are strongly distorted by widely used, low-cost metal-oxide (MOx) gas sensors, whose thermal and surface-kinetic response acts as a low-pass filter on the underlying concentration signal. Quantifying and compensating for these effects remains challenging, largely due to the lack of benchmark datasets that simultaneously capture the spatiotemporal structure of turbulent odour fields and the time-resolved response of point sensors. Here, we present a dataset combining planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements of an acetone tracer plume with synchronised recordings from a custom, kilohertz-rate microelectromechanical (MEMS) MOx electronic nose deployed in a laboratory wind tunnel. The PLIF system provides quantitative, two-dimensional concentration fields at high spatial and temporal resolution, while the co-located e-nose records film resistance, heater currents, and environmental parameters with aligned timestamps. The dataset enables quantitative assessment of sensor dynamics, development and benchmarking of reconstruction and deconvolution algorithms, and data-driven modelling of plume structure. All recordings, metadata, calibration files, and example analysis scripts are released in open, platform-independent formats. Together, these provide a valuable reference for researchers working in odour-guided robotics, environmental monitoring, computational fluid dynamics, and neuromorphic sensing, supporting the design and evaluation of high-speed odour-sensing systems.
title Odour sensing in turbulent plumes with high-speed electronic nose and non-invasive ground truth
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19626