title: Real-time analysis of soot emissions from bituminous coal pyrolysis and combustion with a vacuum ultraviolet photoionization aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
abstract: This paper reports on-line analyses of the soot emissions from the Inner Mongolia bituminous coal combustion and pyrolysis processes with a vacuum ultraviolet photoionization aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (VUV-ATOFMS). The soot particles are generated by heating a small amount of screened coal powder in synthetic air and nitrogen atmosphere in a tubular oven. The vacuum ultraviolet photoionization time-of-flight (VUV-TOF) mass spectra of the soot particles emitted from combustion and pyrolysis at different oven temperatures and different stages are obtained. The VUV-TOF mass spectra are assigned with the references of the results of the off-line GC/MS analysis.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China.
authors.forename: Shaokai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junwang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Jinian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shu
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D053260:Soot / Q000032:analysis*; D013696:Temperature; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D003031:Coal; D052638:Particulate Matter; D053260:Soot