| Title: | Instrumentation for quantitative analysis of volatile compounds emission at elevated temperatures. Part 1: Design and implementation |
| Author(s): | Lourenco C; Bergin S; Hodgkinson J; Francis D; Staines SE; Saffell JR; Walton C; Tatam RP; |
| Address: | "Centre for Engineering Photonics, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK. HSE Science and Research Centre, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9J, UK. Centre for Engineering Photonics, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK. j.hodgkinson@cranfield.ac.uk. Alphasense Ltd, Sensor Technology House, 300 Avenue West, Great Notley, Essex, CM77 7AA, UK. Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Informatics, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK" |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-020-65472-5 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-2322 (Electronic) 2045-2322 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A novel suite of instrumentation for the characterisation of materials held inside an air-tight tube furnace operated up to 250 degrees C has been developed. Real-time detection of released gases (volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO(2), NO, NO(2), SO(2), CO and O(2)) was achieved combining commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) gas sensors and sorbent tubes for further qualitative and semi-quantitative analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry coupled to thermal desorption (TD-GC-MS). The test system was designed to provide a controlled flow (1000 cm(3) min(-1)) of hydrocarbon free air through the furnace. The furnace temperature ramp was set at a rate of 5 degrees C min(-1) with 10 min dwell points at 70 degrees C, 150 degrees C, 200 degrees C and 250 degrees C to allow time for stabilisation and further headspace sampling onto sorbent tubes. Experimental design of the instrumentation is described here and an example data set upon exposure to a gas sample is presented" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINELourenco, Celia Bergin, Sarah Hodgkinson, Jane Francis, Daniel Staines, Stephen E Saffell, John R Walton, Christopher Tatam, Ralph P eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2020/05/28 Sci Rep. 2020 May 26; 10(1):8700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65472-5" |
