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Before the electrochemical ethylene sensor was used to measure the ethylene gas concentrations released from fruits, a calibration curve was established by the standard ethylene gases at concentrations of 2.99 ppm, 4.99 ppm, 8.01 ppm and 10 ppm, respectively, with a flow rate of 0.4 L\u00b7min\u22121. From the calibration curve, the linear relationship between the responses and concentrations of ethylene gas was obtained in the range of 0\u201310 ppm with the correlation coefficient R2 of 0.9976. The micropump and a novel signal conditioning circuit were implemented in this measurement, resulting in a rapid response in detecting ethylene concentrations down to 0.1 ppm in air and in under 50 s. In this experiment, three kinds of fruits\u2014apples, pears and kiwifruits\u2014were studied at a low concentration (under 0.8 ppm) of trace ethylene content in the air exhaled by fruits. The experimental results showed that a low cost, compact measurement system constructed by using an electrochemical ethylene sensor has a high sensitivity of 0.3907 V\u00b7ppm\u22121 with a theoretical detection limit of 0.413 ppm, and is non-invasive and highly portable.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16040501","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,8]],"date-time":"2016-04-08T21:02:38Z","timestamp":1460149358000},"page":"501","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["A Low Cost Compact Measurement System Constructed Using a Smart Electrochemical Sensor for the Real-Time Discrimination of Fruit Ripening"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Liuzheng","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Ling","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Ruipeng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Keke","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Shun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Xinran","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21, 111 Lakeshore Road, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada"}]},{"given":"Xiaohui","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Zhaohui","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Haifeng","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Qingqian","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Min","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]},{"given":"Jiandong","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou 450002, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"339","DOI":"10.17660\/ActaHortic.2006.712.38","article-title":"Internal fruit quality: How to influence it, how to define it","volume":"712","author":"Costa","year":"2006","journal-title":"Acta Hortic."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"946","DOI":"10.1016\/j.foodchem.2010.01.024","article-title":"Effect of cold storage and ozone treatment on physicochemical parameters, soluble sugars and organic acids in Actinidia deliciosa","volume":"121","author":"Barboni","year":"2010","journal-title":"Food Chem."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"819","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfca.2004.11.007","article-title":"Some physical and chemical properties of ambarella (Spondias cytherea Sonn.) at three different stages of maturity","volume":"18","author":"Ishak","year":"2005","journal-title":"J. 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