Open AccessDevelopment of inexpensive continuous emission monitors for feedback control of combustion devices that minimize greenhouse gases, toxic emissions, and ozone damaging products
Author(s) -
David J. Funk,
David S. Moore,
Rajiv Mongia,
Eiji Tomita,
Frank K. Hsu,
L. Talbot,
Robert W. Dibble,
Jeffery A. Lovett,
Akira Yamazaki
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/677028
Subject(s) - combustion , combustor , greenhouse gas , ozone layer , environmental science , methane , ozone , process engineering , waste management , engineering , meteorology , chemistry , physics , ecology , organic chemistry , biology
This is the final report of a three-year, Laboratory Directed Research and Development project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Combustion is the major cause of poor urban air quality, of depletion of the ozone layer, and a major source of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. Careful control of combustor conditions is important for minimizing the effects of combustion on the environment. The authors have developed sensitive, inexpensive continuous emission monitors that will assist in direct feedback of turbine power systems and provide assurance to the public and the operators of the facilities that their facility emissions lie within the accepted bounds. These include a robust solid-state Fourier transform spectrometer for rapid gas analysis, based on the use of ferroelectric liquid crystal technology, and an infrared helium-neon probe for real time measurement of combustor air-to-fuel ratios