Quantitative Detection of Mixed Gases by Sensor Array Using C-Means Clustering and Artificial Neural Network

Due to the cross-sensitivity to kinds of gases, traditional single sensor is impossible to selectively detect gases, which limits its application. In this paper, a sensor array with supervised and unsupervised algorithms was employed to selectively detect NO2, CO and their mixtures. To improve the recognition accuracy, average resistance over a period of time was introduced to acquire features, including response value, response time and recovery time. Firstly, principal component analysis (PCA) was utilized to reduce the dimensionality of samples. With the help of unsupervised fuzzy C-means clustering algorithm, samples have exhibited obvious clustering. Furthermore, artificial neural network (ANN) has reached a high accuracy of quantitative identification on six different detected gases varying from 0 to 50ppm.