A novel hand held micro-electrode sensor for detecting fuel adulteration based on micro-fluidic platform

摘要

The present invention relates to a hand-held, microfluidic device for quick and accurate estimation of adulterants in liquid petroleum products. The present invention more particularly relates to a microfluidic device that comprises a micro-sensor and is based on either 2 or 3 electrode geometry, either as interdigitized electrode format or some other configuration. This microfluidic device will be based on contact/contactless conductivity detecting methods. The present microfluidic device is more accurate, low cost and time efficient.