Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 060101(2011)

Method of sensitivity improving in the non-dispersive infrared gas analysis system

Youwen Sun, Wenqing Liu, Shimei Wang, Shuhua Huang, and Xiaoman Yu
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  • Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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    A method of interference correction for improving the sensitivity of non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas analysis system is demonstrated. Based on the proposed method, the interference due to water vapor and carbon dioxide in the NDIR NO analyzer is corrected. After interference correction, the absorbance signal at the NO filter channel is only controlled by the absorption of NO, and the sensitivity of the analyzer is improved greatly. In the field experiment for pollution source emission monitoring, the concentration trend of NO monitored by NDIR analyzer is in good agreement with the differential optical absorption spectroscopy NO analyzer. Small variations of NO concentration can also be resolved, and the measuring correlation coefficient of the two analyzers is 94.28%.

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    Youwen Sun, Wenqing Liu, Shimei Wang, Shuhua Huang, Xiaoman Yu. Method of sensitivity improving in the non-dispersive infrared gas analysis system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(6): 060101

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric and oceanic optics

    Received: Nov. 9, 2010

    Accepted: Jan. 3, 2011

    Published Online: Apr. 28, 2011

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    DOI:10.3788/COL201109.060101

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