Abstract
Ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy was used for the analysis of exhaust from internal combustion engines. This technique employs a single pass absorption cell with a high speed photodiode array detector. Differential absorption was used to quantify analytes and to correct for changes in cell transmission. Sulfur dioxide, ammonia, and nitric oxide were detected with little interference from other species. The results obtained using this method compared very favorably with the results obtained using infrared absorption and chemiluminescence techniques.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2493-2506 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Analytical Letters |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
Funding
This research was sponsored through subcontracts with Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-00OR-22800. The authors would also like to thank Ron Graves, Brian West, Scott Sluder, Robert Wagner, Mike Kass, and James Wade for their help in this work.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| UT-Battelle | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC05-00OR-22800 |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Keywords
- Ammonia
- Diesel exhaust
- Nitric oxide
- Photodiode array
- Sulfur dioxide
- UV