title: Performance evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectrometry as a multimetal continuous emission monitor.
abstract: Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been evaluated as a multimetal continuous emissions monitor (CEM) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rotary kiln incinerator simulator (RKIS) facility in Raleigh, NC. Two detection systems with a bifurcated optical fiber bundle were used for simultaneously monitoring the concentrations of Be, Cd, Cr, and Hg in the test. Two calibration techniques were evaluated in the laboratory for the field measurements. On-line calibration of relative metal concentration was also performed in the simulated incinerator gas stream. Toxic metal concentrations measured with LIBS have been compared with the EPA reference method (RM) results.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Yueh
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D002138:Calibration; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D017745:Incineration; D007834:Lasers; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012016:Reference Values; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy