Multi-gas detection represents a suitable solution in many applications, such as environmental and atmospheric monitoring, chemical reaction and industrial process control, safety and security, oil&gas and biomedicine. Among optical techniques, Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (QEPAS) has been demonstrated to be a leading-edge technology for addressing multi-gas detection, thanks to the modularity, ruggedness, portability and real time operation of the QEPAS sensors. The detection module is mainly composed of a spectrophone detecting sound waves generated via photoacoustic excitation within the gas sample. As a result, the detection module is wavelength independent and its volume is basically determined by the spectrophone dimensions, typically in the order of few cubic centimeters. In this review paper, the implementation of the QEPAS technique for multi-gas detection will be discussed for three main area of applications: i) multi-gas trace sensing by exploiting non-interfering absorption features; ii) multi-gas detection dealing with overlapping absorption bands; iii) multi-gas detection in fluctuating backgrounds. The fundamental role of the analysis and statistical tools will be also discussed in detail in relation with the specific applications. This overview on QEPAS technique, highlighting merits and drawbacks, aims at providing ready-touse guidelines for multi-gas detection in a wide range of applications and operating conditions.

Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for multi-gas detection: A review / Sampaolo, Angelo; Patimisco, Pietro; Giglio, Marilena; Zifarelli, Andrea; Wu, Hongpeng; Dong, Lei; Spagnolo, Vincenzo. - In: ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA. - ISSN 0003-2670. - STAMPA. - 1202:(2022). [10.1016/j.aca.2021.338894]

Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for multi-gas detection: A review

Angelo Sampaolo;Marilena Giglio;Vincenzo Spagnolo
2022-01-01

Abstract

Multi-gas detection represents a suitable solution in many applications, such as environmental and atmospheric monitoring, chemical reaction and industrial process control, safety and security, oil&gas and biomedicine. Among optical techniques, Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (QEPAS) has been demonstrated to be a leading-edge technology for addressing multi-gas detection, thanks to the modularity, ruggedness, portability and real time operation of the QEPAS sensors. The detection module is mainly composed of a spectrophone detecting sound waves generated via photoacoustic excitation within the gas sample. As a result, the detection module is wavelength independent and its volume is basically determined by the spectrophone dimensions, typically in the order of few cubic centimeters. In this review paper, the implementation of the QEPAS technique for multi-gas detection will be discussed for three main area of applications: i) multi-gas trace sensing by exploiting non-interfering absorption features; ii) multi-gas detection dealing with overlapping absorption bands; iii) multi-gas detection in fluctuating backgrounds. The fundamental role of the analysis and statistical tools will be also discussed in detail in relation with the specific applications. This overview on QEPAS technique, highlighting merits and drawbacks, aims at providing ready-touse guidelines for multi-gas detection in a wide range of applications and operating conditions.
2022
Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for multi-gas detection: A review / Sampaolo, Angelo; Patimisco, Pietro; Giglio, Marilena; Zifarelli, Andrea; Wu, Hongpeng; Dong, Lei; Spagnolo, Vincenzo. - In: ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA. - ISSN 0003-2670. - STAMPA. - 1202:(2022). [10.1016/j.aca.2021.338894]
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