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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Environmental Science

Background:

  • Trace gas detection is crucial for environmental monitoring and industrial safety.
  • Traditional photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) methods face challenges with corrosive gases and high flow rates.
  • Existing sensors often struggle with gases exhibiting slow optical-to-thermal relaxation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a highly sensitive trace gas sensor suitable for corrosive environments.
  • To enhance gas absorption path length for improved detection limits.
  • To enable detection of gases with slow non-radiative relaxation using wavelength modulation solid photoacoustic spectroscopy (WM-SPAS).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an open-type multi-pass cell (OMPC) integrated with a wavelength modulation solid photoacoustic spectroscopic (WM-SPAS) sensor.
  • Optimized incident beam angle to achieve 96 reflections within the OMPC, resulting in a 9.6 m optical path length.
  • Employed acetylene (C2H2) as a test gas with a DFB laser and analyzed photoacoustic (PA) pressure signals in a solid carbon powder chamber.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a sensitivity of 80 ppb for acetylene (C2H2) detection.
  • Obtained a normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 2.42 × 10^-9 cm^-1 W/Hz^-1/2 with a 1 s time constant.
  • Demonstrated a minimum detection limit of 7 ppb at 100 s integration time via Allan deviation analysis.
  • Characterized minimal response deviation (0.71‰ coefficient of variation) under varying flow rates.

Conclusions:

  • The developed WM-SPAS sensor with OMPC offers high sensitivity and stability for trace gas detection.
  • The sensor's open configuration and separated design effectively mitigate corrosive effects and flow rate influences.
  • This technology is particularly advantageous for detecting challenging gases in open, high-flow, and corrosive environments.