Monitoring of SO2 emissions from industry by passive DOAS

Ang Li; Cheng Liu; Pinhua Xie; Jianguo Liu; Min Qin; Ke Dou; Wu Fang; Wenqing Liu

doi:10.1117/12.619651

12 May 2005 Monitoring of SO₂ emissions from industry by passive DOAS

Ang Li, Cheng Liu, Pinhua Xie, Jianguo Liu, Min Qin, Ke Dou, Wu Fang, Wenqing Liu

Proceedings Volume 5832, Optical Technologies for Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Studies; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619651
Event: Optical Technologies for Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Studies, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Sulfur dioxide is a highly toxic air contaminant that harms human health and damages the environment. It is easily converted to sulfuric acid which is the major component in acid rain and to sulfate particles. Coal-burning power plants are the main sources of SO₂ pollution. It is necessary to evaluate the emissions from industry for emission reduction strategies. Passive DOAS method has been successfully applied in volcanic plume and atmosphere monitoring because of its advantage of relative simple system with no light source. Here we report the measurement of SO₂ total flux from a chimney in plant area in Hefei city (China) with a compact passive DOAS system. The system consists of a small telescope pointing zenith direction and a fibre-coupled OceanOptics USB2000 spectrometer. In the measurement the system was mounted on a mobile platform moving under the plume approximately perpendicular to the plume transport direction and the spectra of the zenith direction were recorded. By combining the integrated gas concentration over the plume cross section with wind velocity data SO₂ flux was estimated.

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Ang Li, Cheng Liu, Pinhua Xie, Jianguo Liu, Min Qin, Ke Dou, Wu Fang, and Wenqing Liu "Monitoring of SO₂ emissions from industry by passive DOAS", Proc. SPIE 5832, Optical Technologies for Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Studies, (12 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.619651

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