Abstract
A selective and sensitive quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) sensor, employing an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), and a distributed feedback (DFB) laser operating at 1582 nm was demonstrated for simultaneous detection of ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Two interference-free absorption lines located at 6322.45 cm−1 and 6328.88 cm−1 for NH3 and H2S detection, respectively, were identified. The sensor was optimized in terms of current modulation depth for both of the two target gases. An electrical modulation cancellation unit was equipped to suppress the background noise caused by the stray light. An Allan-Werle variance analysis was performed to investigate the long-term performance of the fiber-amplifier-enhanced QEPAS sensor. Benefitting from the high power boosted by the EDFA, a detection sensitivity (1σ) of 52 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) and 17 ppbv for NH3 and H2S, respectively, were achieved with a 132 s data acquisition time at atmospheric pressure and room temperature.
Highlights
The use of trace gas detectors is widespread in such diverse fields as in industrial process control, medical diagnostics, atmospheric science and environment monitoring [1,2]
We describe a Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) based sensor system for detecting the ammonia (NH3) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) simultaneously
It consists of a control electronics unit (CEU), an excitation unit, acoustic detection module (ADM), and electrical modulation cancellation method (E-MOCAM) unit
Summary
The use of trace gas detectors is widespread in such diverse fields as in industrial process control, medical diagnostics, atmospheric science and environment monitoring [1,2]. Most of the photoacoustic cells have a resonance at low frequency values (
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