Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 19, Issue 4, 391(2024)

Research progress of measuring ammonia emission using infrared spectroscopy

WANG Yu1...2, WANG Guishi1,2,*, LI Jun1,2, ZHANG Xianke1,2, and GAO Xiaoming12 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Laboratory of Atmospheric Physico-Chemistry, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • 2University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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    Ammonia (NH3) is an important alkaline gas in the atmosphere, which can react with acid gas in the air leading to the formation of haze through dry and wet deposition. Therefore, the content of NH3 in the air is one of the important criteria for measuring the quality of air. The anthropogenic emission sources of NH3 are mainly divided into agricultural and non-agricultural sources, with agricultural sources accounting for 80% of the total NH3 emission, and the main agricultural sources include livestock and poultry breeding, animal husbandry excreta and nitrogen fertilizer application in cropland. Given the significant environmental effects of NH3, accurate measurement of NH3 emission flux from agriculture has become an important research field for establishing NH3 emission inventory and controlling NH3 emission. In this paper the basic principle of measuring ammonia by three infrared spectroscopy measurement techniques, namely Fourier transform spectrum, photoacoustic spectrum and tunable absorption spectrum, and the development status and applicable scenarios of the corresponding measurement techniques at home and abroad are summarized. The principle and application of eddy covariance method (EC) and backward Lagrange method (bLS), which are widely used in the estimation of ammonia emission flux from animal husbandry and cropland, and several mature NH3 flux calculation software based on EC or BLS algorithm are also introduced. Finally, the future development direction of NH3 measurement technology and ammonia flux emission estimation is prospected.

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    Yu WANG, Guishi WANG, Jun LI, Xianke ZHANG, Xiaoming GAO. Research progress of measuring ammonia emission using infrared spectroscopy[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2024, 19(4): 391

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    Received: Jul. 22, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 8, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Guishi (gswang@aiofm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2024.04.001

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