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Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sensors for the Agri-food Industry—A Review

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In the food and agricultural industry, sensors are being used for process control, monitoring quality, and assessing safety. There is a growing demand for carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors in the bulk food storage sector, because CO2 sensors can be used to detect incipient spoilage and to assess CO2 levels in modified-atmosphere packages and storage structures. The market potential for reliable and inexpensive CO2 sensors is huge because of a wide range of applications in the agri-food industry. This review synthesizes information about the types of CO2 sensors, analyzes their detection processes, provides a broad overview of the innovative research on the development of sensors, sensing mechanisms, and their characteristics, and outlines future possibilities for use of CO2 sensors.

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The authors thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canada Research Chairs program for funding this study. Dr. S. Sadistap contributed to this article when he was a Visiting Scientist from the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani-Rajasthan, India 333031 to the University of Manitoba.

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Neethirajan, S., Jayas, D.S. & Sadistap, S. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sensors for the Agri-food Industry—A Review. Food Bioprocess Technol 2, 115–121 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-008-0154-y

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