Chen, Ji2018-11-302018-11-30May 20182018-05May 2018http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3460A novel hydrocarbon-sensitive detector was investigated to determine if readily achievable sensitivity compares with that of the contemporary flame ionization detector. The targeted application is for use in a gas chromatograph system as a complement to less discriminatory detectors. A series of numerical simulations of the proposed structure were performed to assess the viability of the structure as a detector. An apparatus was developed to test the structure in situ. The structure was tested with real-world flame conditions. The measured performance was in very good agreement when compared to the simulated structure. Further experimentation is required to characterize the detector.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).Flame Ion DetectorResonatorHairpin ResonatorHydrocarbon FlamePlasma Ion Density2018-11-30Thesisborn digital