Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00663, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Légaré, François (Institut national de la recherche scientifique), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Idea to Innovation, program name french : De l'idée à l'innovation, program purpose english : Humidity and dew monitoring is very critical for various application. According to a 2017 Frost and Sullivan_x000D_
market report (see ref. [3]) of proposal), "the global humidity and moisture sensors market size is expected to_x000D_
hit USD 1.90 billion by 2023." Current technologies are mostly electrical ones such as CMOS, MEMS, TFPT,_x000D_
and recently noncontact IR and RF-based technologies._x000D_
The current electrical or optical humidity sensors have issues in terms of costs and technologies to provide_x000D_
an economic environmental control service for detecting simultaneously in a large number of microclimate_x000D_
systems (various locations). For the electrical humidity sensors, high-quality probes are rather expensive_x000D_
(200-300$/each). They are not fast enough to accurately track the ambient relative humidity (RH) when it_x000D_
rapidly changes, such as in various manufacturing processes, as well as considering their limitation for the_x000D_
number of the probes and distance from the control unit. For the optical technologies, their humidity probes are_x000D_
also complicated, and often used an expensive detection system such as a spectrometer or interferometer._x000D_
Our MHODS technology offers a cost-effective solution in comparison with current photonic based_x000D_
approaches. We realize this using a photonic technology, through the use of multiple optical fibers with each_x000D_
having a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor. Using the SPR probe and vapor condensation on a surface,_x000D_
we discovered a novel method to precisely sense moisture so that our transducer needs no moisture absorbent_x000D_
layer, in contrast to previously introduced approaches. The MODHS can provide humidity and dew point_x000D_
monitoring service for a suite of microclimate systems in hard- to- access locations, industrials with hazardous_x000D_
chemicals, museums, archive rooms, libraries, laboratories, and etc._x000D_
Also it enables us to use simple photoconductive cells or photodiodes for detection, instead to use expensive_x000D_
spectrometers. This is the reason why our photonic sensing platform will be inexpensive compared to other_x000D_
technologies, and easy to commercialize thus justifying the proposed market study., program purpose french : Humidity and dew monitoring is very critical for various application. According to a 2017 Frost and Sullivan_x000D_
market report (see ref. [3]) of proposal), "the global humidity and moisture sensors market size is expected to_x000D_
hit USD 1.90 billion by 2023." Current technologies are mostly electrical ones such as CMOS, MEMS, TFPT,_x000D_
and recently noncontact IR and RF-based technologies._x000D_
The current electrical or optical humidity sensors have issues in terms of costs and technologies to provide_x000D_
an economic environmental control service for detecting simultaneously in a large number of microclimate_x000D_
systems (various locations). For the electrical humidity sensors, high-quality probes are rather expensive_x000D_
(200-300$/each). They are not fast enough to accurately track the ambient relative humidity (RH) when it_x000D_
rapidly changes, such as in various manufacturing processes, as well as considering their limitation for the_x000D_
number of the probes and distance from the control unit. For the optical technologies, their humidity probes are_x000D_
also complicated, and often used an expensive detection system such as a spectrometer or interferometer._x000D_
Our MHODS technology offers a cost-effective solution in comparison with current photonic based_x000D_
approaches. We realize this using a photonic technology, through the use of multiple optical fibers with each_x000D_
having a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor. Using the SPR probe and vapor condensation on a surface,_x000D_
we discovered a novel method to precisely sense moisture so that our transducer needs no moisture absorbent_x000D_
layer, in contrast to previously introduced approaches. The MODHS can provide humidity and dew point_x000D_
monitoring service for a suite of microclimate systems in hard- to- access locations, industrials with hazardous_x000D_
chemicals, museums, archive rooms, libraries, laboratories, and etc._x000D_
Also it enables us to use simple photoconductive cells or photodiodes for detection, instead to use expensive_x000D_
spectrometers. This is the reason why our photonic sensing platform will be inexpensive compared to other_x000D_
technologies, and easy to commercialize thus justifying the proposed market study., agreement title english : Market study for Multi-channel Optical Dew & Humidity Sensor (MODHS), agreement title french : Market study for Multi-channel Optical Dew & Humidity Sensor (MODHS), agreement number : I2IPJ, agreement value : 12031.0, agreement start date : 2017-12-13, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada