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Step-Scan T-Cell Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (FTIR-PAS) for Monitoring Environmental Air Pollutants

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Air pollutants have adverse effects on the Earth’s climate system. There is an urgent need for cost-effective devices capable of recognizing and detecting various ambient pollutants. An FTIR photoacoustic spectroscopy (FTIR-PAS) method based on a commercial FTIR spectrometer developed for air contamination monitoring will be presented. A resonant T-cell was determined to be the most appropriate resonator in view of the low-frequency requirement and space limitations in the sample compartment. Step-scan FTIR-PAS theory for regular cylinder resonator has been described as a reference for prediction of T-cell vibration principles. Both simulated amplitude and phase responses of the T-cell show good agreement with measurement data Carbon dioxide IR absorption spectra were used to demonstrate the capacity of the FTIR-PAS method to detect ambient pollutants. The theoretical detection limit for carbon dioxide was found to be 4 ppmv. A linear response to carbon dioxide concentration was found in the range from 2500 ppmv to 5000 ppmv. The results indicate that it is possible to use step-scan FTIR-PAS with a T-cell as a quantitative method for analysis of ambient contaminants.

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Acknowledgments

A. M. is grateful to the Canada Research Chairs and to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for a Discovery Grant. A. M. gratefully acknowledges the Chinese Recruitment Program of Global Experts (Thousand Talents). L. L. and H. H. are also grateful to NNSFC (61574030) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for an international student grant.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada

    Lixian Liu, Andreas Mandelis, Alexander Melnikov, Kirk Michaelian & Huiting Huan

  2. School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China

    Lixian Liu, Andreas Mandelis & Huiting Huan

  3. CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada, Devon, AB, T9G 1A8, Canada

    Kirk Michaelian

  4. Institute of Hydrochemistry, Technische Universität München, D-81377, München, Germany

    Christoph Haisch

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This article is part of the selected papers presented at the 18th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena.

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Liu, L., Mandelis, A., Melnikov, A. et al. Step-Scan T-Cell Fourier Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (FTIR-PAS) for Monitoring Environmental Air Pollutants. Int J Thermophys 37, 64 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-016-2070-0

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