High-temperature vapor detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon fluorescence
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2001-09-13
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Chi, Zhenhuan, Brian M. Cullum, David L. Stokes, Joel Mobley, Gordon H. Miller, Mohammad R. Hajaligol, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “High-Temperature Vapor Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Fluorescence.” Fuel 80, no. 12 (October 1, 2001): 1819–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-2361(01)00065-5.
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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are generated from the incomplete combustion of organic matters in a wide variety of natural and man-made materials, such as fuels. It is important to develop an analytical technique for rapidly monitoring PAH generation at high temperatures during pyrolysis processes. This work describes a real-time and in situ technique using laser-induced fluorescence to detect PAH vapors at elevated temperatures. We report fluorescence spectra of several typical PAH model compounds, such as pyrene, phenanthrene and chrysene. We have also examined the temperature effects on PAH fluorescence spectra such as spectral shift, intensity and band width.