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Sensors 2010, 10, 1589-1598; doi:10.3390/s100301589 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Conductometric Soot Sensor for Automotive Exhausts: Initial Studies Gunter Hagen 1,*, Constanze Feistkorn 1, Sven Wiegärtner 1, Andreas Heinrich 1,2, 2 1 Dieter Brüggemann and Ralf Moos 1 Functional Materials, Bayreuth Engine Research Center (BERC), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; E-Mail: Functional.Materials@Uni-Bayreuth.de (R.M.) 2 Engineering Thermodynamics and Transport Processes, Bayreuth Engine Research Center (BERC), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; E-Mail: LTTT@Uni-Bayreuth.de (D.B.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: gunter.hagen@uni-bayreuth.de; Tel.: +49-921-55-7406; Fax: +49-921-55-7405. Received: 14 January 2010; in revised form: 3 February 2010 / Accepted: 22 February 2010 / Published: 1 March 2010 Abstract: In order to reduce the tailpipe particulate matter emissions of Diesel engines, Diesel particulate filters (DPFs) are commonly used. Initial studies using a conductometric soot sensor to monitor their filtering efficiency, i.e., to detect a malfunction of the DPF, are presented. The sensors consist of a planar substrate equipped with electrodes on one side and with a heater on the other. It is shown that at constant speed-load points, the time until soot percolation occurs or the resistance itself are reproducible means that can be well correlated with the filtering e