Diode-Laser-Based Sensor Measurements of Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide in Combustion Exhaust Streams

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas N. Anderson ◽  
Rodolfo Barron-Jimenez ◽  
Jerald A. Caton ◽  
Robert P. Lucht ◽  
Sukesh Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Detection Limit ◽  
Diode Laser ◽  
Path Length ◽  
Barium Borate ◽  
Co Sensor ◽  
No Sensor ◽  
Absorption Measurements ◽  
Frequency Mixing

All-solid-state continuous-wave (cw) laser systems for ultraviolet (UV) absorption measurements of the nitric oxide (NO) molecule and mid-infrared (IR) absorption measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) were developed and demonstrated. For the NO sensor, 250 nW of tunable cw UV radiation at 226.8 nm is produced by sum-frequency-mixing in a beta-barium borate crystal. For the CO sensor, 2μW of tunable cw IR radiation at 4.5 μm is produced by difference-frequency mixing in a periodically-poled lithium niobate crystal. A tunable external-cavity diode laser (ECDL) provides one of the fundamental beams for both processes so that the wavelength of the generated UV/IR can be tuned over NO/CO absorption lines to produce a fully resolved absorption spectrum. The sensors were used for measurements in the exhaust stream of an operating auxiliary power unit (APU) gas turbine engine and a well-stirred reactor (WSR). During these tests, NO was measured in the exhaust at levels below 10 ppm. For measurements at levels above 20 ppm, the NO emission levels obtained using the new sensor agreed with the results of probe sampling chemiluminescent analyzer results to within 10%. A detection limit of 0.8 ppm of per meter path length at 1000 K is estimated for the NO sensor. Measurements with the CO sensor demonstrated an agreement with extractive probe sampling to within 15%. The estimated detection limit of the CO sensor is a few ppm per meter path length at 1000 K.

scholarly journals Airborne intercomparison of vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence and tunable diode laser absorption measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide

2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (D19) ◽  
pp. 24251-24261 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Holloway ◽  
Roger O. Jakoubek ◽  
David D. Parrish ◽  
Christoph Gerbig ◽  
Andreas Volz-Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Diode Laser ◽  
Vacuum Ultraviolet ◽  
Tunable Diode Laser ◽  
Laser Absorption ◽  
Diode Laser Absorption ◽  
Absorption Measurements

Ultra-Low Amounts of Palladium (0.005-0.05 Wt% Pd) Supported on Titania: Remarkable Low-Temperature Activity for NO Reduction with CO and Structure-Function Property Relationships in Methane Oxidation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Khivantsev ◽  
Libor Kovarik ◽  
Nicholas R. Jaegers ◽  
János Szanyi ◽  
Yong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Methane Oxidation ◽  
Steam Reforming ◽  
Methane Steam Reforming ◽  
Oxide Reduction ◽  
Water Steam ◽  
Methane Steam ◽  
Anatase Titania ◽  
Nitric Oxide Reduction

<p>Atomically dispersed Pd +2 cations with ultra-dilute loading of palladium (0.005-0.05 wt%) were anchored on anatase titania and characterized with FTIR, microscopy and catalytic tests. CO infrared adsorption produces a sharp, narrow mono-carbonyl Pd(II)-CO band at ~2,130 cm<sup>-1</sup> indicating formation of highly uniform and stable Pd+2 ions on anatase titania. The 0.05 wt% Pd/TiO<sub>2</sub> sample was evaluated for methane combustion under dry and wet (industrially relevant) conditions in the presence and absence of carbon monoxide. Notably, we find the isolated palladium atoms respond dynamically upon oxygen concentration modulation (switching-on and switching off). When oxygen is removed from the wet methane stream, palladium ions are reduced to metallic state by methane and catalyze methane steam reforming instead of complete methane oxidation. Re-admission of oxygen restores Pd<sup>+2</sup> cations and switches off methane steam reforming activity. Moreover, 0.05 wt% Pd/TiO<sub>2</sub> is a competent CO oxidation catalyst in the presence of water steam with 90% CO conversion and TOF ~ 4,000 hr<sup>-1</sup> at 260 ⁰C. </p><p>More importantly, we find that diluting 0.05 wt% Pd/titania sample with titania to ultra-low 0.005 wt% palladium loading produces a remarkably active material for nitric oxide reduction with carbon monoxide under industrially relevant conditions with >90% conversion of nitric oxide at 180 ⁰C (~460 ppm NO and 150 L/g*hr flow rate in the presence of >2% water steam) and TOF ~6,000 hr<sup>-1</sup>. Pd thus outperforms state-of-the-art rhodium containing catalysts with (15-20 times higher rhodium loading; rhodium is ~ 3 times more expensive than palladium). Furthermore, palladium catalysts are more selective towards nitrogen and produce significantly less ammonia relative to the more traditional rhodium catalysts due to lower Pd amount nd lower water-gas-shift activity. Our study is the first example of utilizing ultra-low (0.05 wt% and less) noble metal (Pd) amounts to produce heterogeneous catalysts with extraordinary activity for nitric oxide reduction. This opens up a pathway to study other Pd, Pt and Rh containing materials with ultra-low loadings of expensive noble metals dispersed on titania or titania-coated oxides for industrially relevant nitric oxide abatement.</p>

scholarly journals Cloned, expressed rat cerebellar nitric oxide synthase contains stoichiometric amounts of heme, which binds carbon monoxide.

1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (23) ◽  
pp. 11141-11145 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. McMillan ◽  
D. S. Bredt ◽  
D. J. Hirsch ◽  
S. H. Snyder ◽  
J. E. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Oxide Synthase
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