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by Hans Grimmby Hans Grimm

International Sales Meeting 2008

AGENDAMotivation

Technical Solution

Specification

Application Examples

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Apart from the PM values and the Size Distribution there is a growing interest to get a deeper insight in the composition of dust.

Chemical analysis requires a lot of time, is expensiv and very often complicated.

Therefore sensors are needed to provide fast, reliable and unexpensive data.

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What are PAH´s

PAH: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PAHs are organic molecules consisting of between 2 and 6 Benzene rings.

PAHs are solids at room temperature

Almost all five-ring compounds are particulate bound

Typical PAH´s

Why measure PAH ?

• PAH are known or suspected to be carcinogenic

• Particle bound PAH are attached to small particles

• Obtain additional information about particles in a size below 250 nm

•Sources are

natural: volcanoes and natural fires

Anthropogenic: combustion, vehicle exhaust, cigarette and wood smoke,

New speciation technologies

- Particle bound PAH

- Soot Particle

Measuring Principle

The sample flows continuously into the PAH sensor and through the excimer- lamp ionization region. Here particle-bound PAH molecules are ionized particle-bound PAH molecules are ionized by photoelectric effect and loose an electron.

The charged particles are captured on a filter in an electrometer.

The flow of electrons to neutralize the particles for a current which is corllated to the particle concentration.

Installation in Environcheck #107

Sensor module

#130 PAH sensor installed in #365

#130 PAH sensor attached to #107

PAH-Data

Measurement principle: Photoionisation for detection of particle-bound PAHs

Range: max. 0 to 5000 fA

Substance sensitivity: ~ 1 ng/m3 (to be verified)

Data rate: < 6 s to 2h

Air flow: 1.2 l/min (external)

Pressure range: 1013 ± 100 mbar

User interface: RS-232 / 1-Wire / I2C

Analog output: 0 to 5 V (1 to 4 V = 0 to 500 fA or 0 to 5000 fA)

Dimensions (LWH): 240 x 75 x 75 mm

Weight: 1.8 kg

Power requirements: 18 VDC (nominal), max. 1.2 A (Peak)

# 130 Specifications

PAH Data from Hallein/Austria

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PAH Data from Hallein/AustriaHallein 11.08.04 bis 31.08.04

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The „smoke chamber“:

- A room with ~ 15 m3 filled up with cigarrette smoke during the coffee brake

- Windows opened for continous dilution over the night period

Smoke Application

PAH Smoke Resultsthe "smoke chamber"

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-total number concentration-total surface area

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