Abstract
Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (QEPAS) is a sensitive and selective analytical technique widely used for gas sensing. To improve the response time of the methane sensing system based on QEPAS, a Beat Frequency Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (BF-QEPAS) system was developed. Theoretical model based on the classical spring-mass oscillator model to explain the generation of beat-frequency signal in the quartz tuning fork (QTF) was established. The BF-QEPAS system parameters were optimized and evaluated using the developed system. The performance of the system was analyzed through Allan variance and gas calibration. Experimental results showed that the BF-QEPAS system achieved a minimum detectable limit of 28.35 ppm for methane with an integration time of 114 s. The corresponding minimum detectable normalized noise equivalent absorption (NNEA) coefficient was 1.93 × 10-9 cm-1WHz1/2, which demonstrates the excellent sensitivity of the BF-QEPAS system for methane detection.
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