title: [Synchronous measurement of concentrations of nitric oxide and nitric dioxide in flue gas by ultraviolet absorption analysis].
abstract: Ultraviolet absorption optical depths of NO and NO2 gas mixture with different concentrations were measured, using a high resolution grating monochromator. By correlating fast-varying discrete absorption and slow-varying continuous absorption with NO and NO2 contributions respectively, the mole concentrations of NO and NO2 were derived synchronously. The study results indicated that, when the total pressure of gas mixture approached to one atmospheric pressure, a strong tendency that two moles of NO2 were combined into one mole of N2O4 was found. The maximum conversion rate from NO2 to N2O4 was roughly 22.5%, resulting in the fact that the effective absorption cross-section of NO2-N2O4 mixture mainly depended on that of N2O4, which exhibited continuous characteristics in its absorption spectrum. The discrete absorption cross-section spectrum was broadened with the increase in the partial pressure of NO. It was shown that the integral of absorption cross-sections within a discrete absorption band had better linear correlation with NO concentration than the discrete absorption cross-section peak The measurement and derivation results indicated that, when the partial pressure of NO2 varied within 17-100 Pa, the average relative error for the derived NO2 concentration was 11.7%. When the partial pressure of NO varied within 63.8-181.62 Pa, the maximum and average relative error for the derivation of NO concentration was 16.9% and 9.6% respectively by using the spectrum integral method, while the corresponding data rose to 38.2% and 14.4% by using the spectral peak method. The technique can be applied to synchronous monitoring of NO and NO2 concentration with relatively simple measurement hardware.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Thermal Engineering and Power System, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. zhoujie6801@zju.edu.cn
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shi-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhang