M.S. / Environmental Science / A continuous real-time in-situ ammonia monitor has been developed. It utilizes the reaction between ammonia gas and sulfuric acid aerosol to form ammonium sulfate for ammonia measurement. A sensitivity-improved Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) is used with the instrument. The detection limit of the monitor for measuring ammonia is 0.4 ppb NH3 with a time resolution of five minutes. The detection limit of the FPD for measuring sulfur has been improved by a factor greater than ten. The present detection limit of the FPD is 0.07 ppb S, which is an improvement over the previous detection limit of 1 ppb S.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:OREGON/oai:content.ohsu.edu:etd/74 |
Date | 03 1900 |
Creators | Al-Sunaid, Abdulmuhsen Abdallah |
Publisher | Oregon Health & Science University |
Source Sets | Oregon Health and Science Univ. Library |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text |
Format | Needs Adobe Acrobat Reader to view., pdf, 1452.767 KB |
Rights | http://www.ohsu.edu/library/etd_rights.shtml |
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