DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : P. Srinivas
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : Electronics & Communication Engg.
Institute : GPW, Srikakulam, Srikakulam Dist.
Year/Semester : VI Semester
Subject : Analytical Instrumentation
Subject Code : AEI-603
Topic : Pollution Analysers
Duration : 50 Mts
Sub Topic : Monitoring of Carbon Monoxide
Teaching Aids : Diagrams
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 Objectives

On completion of this period, you would be

able to know :

• Monitoring of Carbon Monoxide

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Methods of monitoring of CarbonMonoxide

• Non-dispersive Infrared Gas Analyser

• Gas Chromatography

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Infra red gas Analyser

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 Basic principle

• The infrared gas analysers depend for their operation

upon the fact that some gases and vapours absorb

specific wavelength of infrared radiation.

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Description of Infrared Gas Analyser (3/1)
• The analyser contains a pair of matched cells

• One cell is filled with a reference gas like Nitrogen

• The other cell is filled with to be analysed sample gas

• In the arrangement there is one Infrared source

present

• The mirror arrangement make make the light beam

into two paths
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Description of Infrared Gas Analyser (3/2)
• These reflected light beams passing through reference

• And sample chambers through the chopper disc

• The chopper disc is driven by the motor

• The chopper disc makes the continuous beam into a

pulses

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Description of Infrared Gas Analyser (3/3)
• The pulsating light beam is interacted with sample gas

• Presence of CO in the sample gas absorbs the infrared

rays

• The second mirror reflector , reflects the outputs of the

two chambers on to the detector

• The detector develops a signal corresponding to

presence of CO in the sample
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Block Diagram of a Gas Chromatograph

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 Description of Gas Chromatography

• An air sample containing CO is passed through a stripper

column

• The heavy hydrocarbons are retained and CO and methane

are passed into a chromatographic column

• And then into a catalytic reducing chamber. The methane

would pass through the reducing chamber unaffected

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Description of Gas Chromatography (2/2)

• While CO is reduced to methane

• By using hydrogen flame ionisation detector, both

methane peaks can be detected

• The first peak is due to methane, while the second peak

would correspond to CO

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 Summary

In this period, you have learnt about

• Basic principle: Infrared gas analysers depend for

their operation upon the fact that some gases absorb
specific Wavelengths of infrared radiation.

• Chopper: It is used to chopped the continuous

signal It is driven by a motor

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 Quiz

1. The detector is used in Gas Chromatography

a) Hydrogen Flame Ionisation detector

b) Photo Flame Detector

c) CO Detector

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 Frequently asked Question

• Explain principle of operation of carbon monoxide

monitoring ?

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