Design of an electronic system for laser methane gas detectors using the tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy method

Abstract

In this paper, a new electronic system is designed for methane gas laser analyzers using the tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) technique. This electronic system is presented in such a way that, based on this technique, optical wavelength and stability confirm the power of the laser light source. The proposed design includes current and temperature control circuits, amplifier circuits, and laser sensor circuits. This system leads to the control of laser light power. Due to the high cost of a laser sensor distributed feedback diode (DFB) and the impossibility of purchasing it for the actual implementation of the proposed electronic system, the design and simulation stage of this system was performed in the proteus simulator environment at normal atmospheric temperature and constant control flow conditions. The simulation results show that the proposed new electronic system based on the TDLAS technique detected the amount of leaking methane gas by generating a wavelength of 1653.72 nm related to the DFB laser sensor and displaying it on display during calculation. The test of optical wavelength stability, optical power, and methane gas wavelength generation by the laser sensor in the proteus simulator environment at different distances is excellent and remarkable. These results show that if we buy a laser sensor and build a gas analyzer device, we can achieve perfect results by using the device with the provided technique.