Looking into individual coffee beans during the roasting process: direct micro-probe sampling on-line photo-ionisation mass spectrometric analysis of coffee roasting gases

A micro-probe (μ-probe) gas sampling device for on-line analysis of gases evolving in confined, small objects by single-photon ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SPI-TOFMS) was developed. The technique is applied for the first time in a feasibility study to record the formation of volatile and flavour compounds during the roasting process within (inside) or in the direct vicinity (outside) of individual coffee beans. A real-time on-line analysis of evolving volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOC and SVOC) as they are formed under the mild pyrolytic conditions of the roasting process was performed. The soft-ionisation mass spectra depict a molecular ion signature, which is well corresponding with the existing knowledge of coffee roasting and evolving compounds. Additionally, thereby it is possible to discriminate between Coffea arabica (Arabica) and Coffea canephora (Robusta). The recognized differences in the roasting gas profiles reflect the differences in the precursor composition of the coffee cultivars very well. Furthermore, a well-known set of marker compounds for Arabica and Robusta, namely the lipids kahweol and cafestol (detected in their dehydrated form at m/z 296 and m/z 298, respectively) were observed. If the variation in time of different compounds is observed, distinctly different evolution behaviours were detected. Here, phenol (m/z 94) and caffeine (m/z 194) are exemplary chosen, whereas phenol shows very sharp emission peaks, caffeine do not have this highly transient behaviour. Finally, the changes of the chemical signature as a function of the roasting time, the influence of sampling position (inside, outside) and cultivar (Arabica, Robusta) is investigated by multivariate statistics (PCA). In summary, this pilot study demonstrates the high potential of the measurement technique to enhance the fundamental knowledge of the formation processes of volatile and semi-volatile flavour compounds inside the individual coffee bean.     

在线裂解-气相色谱-质谱法研究灵香草浸膏的热裂解

为了研究灵香草浸膏的热裂解行为,采用在线有氧热裂解-冷阱捕集-气相色谱-质谱联用技术,模拟卷烟燃吸状态对灵香草浸膏进行了热裂解分析,并对灵香草浸膏热裂解前后的挥发性成分进行了比较分析。从灵香草浸膏的热裂解产物中共鉴定出64种成分,占总峰面积的88.27%,主要成分为高级脂肪酸及其酯类;灵香草浸膏热裂解后的挥发性成分数量多于裂解前（45个）,说明灵香草浸膏经热裂解生成了新的化合物。热裂解前后共有的化合物有20个,主要是高级脂肪酸及其酯类、新植二烯、5-（羟甲基）-2-呋喃甲醛、3-羟基-4,5-二甲基-2（5H）-呋喃酮等化合物。在线有氧裂解模式更接近烟用添加剂样品的真实裂解状态,操作简单、快捷,结果准确。     

Pyrolysis and combustion of tobacco in a cigarette smoking simulator under air and nitrogen atmosphere

A coupling between a cigarette smoking simulator and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer was constructed to allow investigation of tobacco smoke formation under simulated burning conditions. The cigarette smoking simulator is designed to burn a sample in close approximation to the conditions experienced by a lit cigarette. The apparatus also permits conditions outside those of normal cigarette burning to be investigated for mechanistic understanding purposes. It allows control of parameters such as smouldering and puff temperatures, as well as combustion rate and puffing volume. In this study, the system enabled examination of the effects of “smoking” a cigarette under a nitrogen atmosphere. Time-of-flight mass spectrometry combined with a soft ionisation technique is expedient to analyse complex mixtures such as tobacco smoke with a high time resolution. The objective of the study was to separate pyrolysis from combustion processes to reveal the formation mechanism of several selected toxicants. A purposely designed adapter, with no measurable dead volume or memory effects, enables the analysis of pyrolysis and combustion gases from tobacco and tobacco products (e.g. 3R4F reference cigarette) with minimum aging. The combined system demonstrates clear distinctions between smoke composition found under air and nitrogen smoking atmospheres based on the corresponding mass spectra and visualisations using principal component analysis.     

高挥发分烟煤的热解、燃烧特性研究

采用固定床热解反应器、热解 红外联用仪 (Py FTIR)和热重分析仪 ,考察了高挥发分烟煤的热解、燃烧特性 ,实验结果表明 ,高挥发分烟煤在热解过程中放出大量烃类气体 ,从燃烧试验看 ,明显分为热解段和燃烧段 ,且热解段挥发分的释放非常迅速 ,从而揭示出高挥发分烟煤燃烧过程中产生大量黑烟的原因。     

城市污水污泥燃烧特性和动力学特性分析

采用热重分析仪对城市污水污泥进行热重实验,通过TG(热重)、DTG(微分热重)和DSC(差示扫描量热)曲线的分析对比,获得污水污泥热解和燃烧不同阶段的特性。低于250℃,燃烧与热解的热重曲线基本吻合,说明在此之前,失重速率主要受控于有机物的分解以及析出,燃烧过程对失重影响不明显。燃烧DTG曲线呈现“W”峰型,第一个失重速率峰与热解DTG曲线基本对应,高于410℃,燃烧DTG曲线出现显著的加速。采用Coats-Redfern 积分法,假设不同的反应模型进行拟合,推断出污泥燃烧过程中两个DTG峰体现出不同的反应机理。借鉴煤燃烧机理分析认为,污泥燃烧反应初期挥发分的燃烧受控于化学反应速率,随着温度的不断提高,剩余挥发分的燃尽和固定碳的燃烧总反应速率逐渐受扩散因素控制。基于分析所得污泥燃烧机理,采用四个独立的平行反应模型模拟污泥的燃烧过程,拟合曲线与实验数据吻合良好。     

飞行时间质谱仪新技术的进展及应用

本文介绍了近几年来发展应用于飞行时间质谱(TOF-MS)仪中的软电离技术。质子转移电离实现了可挥发性有机物的高灵敏度分析;真空紫外灯电离源体积小、简单,利于便携式仪器;电喷雾解吸电离在线、无损和灵敏度高,在公共安全方面具有很大的发展潜力,而且还可以直接用于活的生物体表面分析;大气压下的在线直接分析电离技术利用载气分子的激发态使得被分析化合物电离得到分子离子。针对不同的电离方法简单评述了其性能及应用,同时介绍了飞行时间质谱在串联方面的新发展,以及TOF-MS在仪器微型化方面的进展及其应用,并对飞行时间质谱仪今后的发展作了展望。     

Sampling and analysis techniques for trace volatile organic emissions from consumer products

Comparisons are made of two techniques for the trace analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer products: direct on-line sampling and analysis and on-line solid sorbent collection followed by off-line analysis. Two types of direct analyses are examined. The first consists of direct injection of emissions from a sample loaded environmental chamber into a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID) for compound identification. Direct injection of headspace collected emissions into a gas chromatograph equipped with a mass selective detector is the second direct method scrutinized. The more traditional technique of solid sorbent collection of the volatile organic emissions followed by thermal desorption (TD)/gas chromatographic (GC)/mass spectrometric (MS) analysis is compared to both direct on-line methods.     

原煤和黑液水煤浆燃烧特性的热分析对比研究

在热天平上进行黑液水煤浆和原煤的燃烧、热解实验,得到不同升温速率下的燃烧、热解特性曲线和碳转化率特征曲线。试验结果表明,黑液水煤浆中的钠及其化合物在燃烧过程中催化作用明显,并且黑液中有机物成分对燃烧起到一定促进作用。在20 ℃/min升温速率下黑液水煤浆和原煤的燃烧活化能分别为12.98 kJ/mol和106.59 kJ/mol,反映出黑液水煤浆比原煤有更好的着火特性。     

The pyrolysis of cigarette paper under the conditions that simulate cigarette smouldering and puffing

The combustion properties and pyrolysis behavior of cigarette paper under the pyrolysis conditions of cigarette smouldering were investigated by micro-scale combustion calorimetry (MCC), thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TG-FTIR), respectively. MCC results demonstrated that the combustion and pyrolysis behavior are influenced by heating rate obviously. TG-FTIR results illustrated that the composition of the gaseous products were mainly composed of CO₂, H₂O carbonyl compounds, CO, and methanol. Flash pyrolysis experiment in combination with high performance liquid chromatography (FPy-HPLC) was used to study the pyrolytic formation of eight carbonyl compounds (i.e., formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone, and butyraldehyde) during the pyrolysis of cigarette paper under the pyrolysis conditions of cigarette puffing. Moreover, the solid char formed after the flash pyrolysis experiments were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). It had been found that the pyrolysis temperature influenced the formation of carbonyl compounds and the composition of char greatly.     

Gas chromatographic study of the volatile products from co-pyrolysis of coal and polyethylene wastes

The aim of this study was to determine the volatile products distribution of co-processing of coal with two plastic wastes, low-density polyethylene from agriculture greenhouses and high-density polyethylene from domestic uses, in order to explain the observed decrease in coal fluidity caused by polyethylene waste addition. Polymeric materials, although they are not volatile themselves, may be analysed by gas chromatography through the use of pyrolysis experiments. In this way, a series of pyrolysis tests were performed at 400 and 500 degrees C in a Gray-King oven with each of the two plastic wastes, one high-volatile bituminous coal and blends made up of coal and plastic waste (9:1, w/w, ratio). The pyrolysis temperatures, 400 and 500 degrees C, were selected on the basis of the beginning and the end of the coal plastic stage. The organic products evolved from the oven were collected, dissolved in pyridine and analysed by capillary gas chromatography using a flame ionization detector. The analysis of the primary tars indicated that the amount of n-alkanes is always higher than that of n-alkenes and the formation of the alkenes is favoured by increasing the pyrolysis temperature. However, this effect may be influenced by the size of the hydrocarbon. Thus, the fraction C17-C31 showed a higher increase of n-alkenes/n-alkanes ratio than other fractions. On the other hand, the difference between the experimental and estimated values from tars produced from single components was positive for n-alkanes and n-alkenes, indicating that co-pyrolysis of the two materials enhanced the chemical reactivity during pyrolysis and produced a higher conversion than that from individual components.     

The pyrolysis of non-volatile tobacco ingredients using a system that simulates cigarette combustion conditions

This is the second part of a systematic study in which tobacco ingredients are pyrolysed using experimental conditions designed to simulate the average combustion conditions inside a burning cigarette. In the first part, the pyrolysis system was developed and single-substance, mostly semi-volatile tobacco ingredients were pyrolysed. It was predicted that on a cigarette, the majority of these semi-volatile ingredients would transfer to smoke with little pyrolysis.In this part of the study, a further 159 non-volatile and complex ingredients, as well as ingredient mixtures, have been pyrolysed and the pyrolysis products determined using a gas chromatography–mass spectrometric system coupled to the pyrolyser. These non-volatile tobacco ingredients generally decomposed completely in the pyrolysis system, often yielding many products in relatively small amounts. The study has concentrated on the biologically active substances produced by pyrolysis, in particular the “Hoffmann analytes”. These analytes are believed by regulatory authorities in Canada and U.S.A. to be relevant to smoking-related diseases. They are based on lists published by Hoffmann and co-workers of the American Health Foundation in New York. For the pyrolysis of many of the non-volatile ingredients, no “Hoffmann analytes” were detected amongst the products. When they were occasionally formed, they included phenols, benzene, toluene, styrene and furfural (furfural is biologically active but it does not appear on any of the Hoffmann or regulatory authority lists). Those ingredients that did yield such products generally produced them in relatively small quantities although furfural was produced in relatively large quantities by pyrolysis of some ingredients, especially sugars. Those ingredients that produced biologically active constituents during their pyrolysis have been further assessed. This was done by adding them to cigarettes, machine-smoking the cigarette and comparing their smoke yields to those from a control (no ingredient) cigarette. From this comparison, it was found that in general the ingredients added to cigarettes do not increase the smoke components relative to the control cigarette. The pyrolysis technique of the present study tends to over-predict the amount of decomposition that the non-volatile ingredients undergo relative to their behaviour in a burning cigarette. Several examples are discussed, in particular ingredients that produce furfural during pyrolysis.This general pyrolysis technique is thus a first step in the total toxicological assessment of tobacco ingredients and is a useful screening tool for indicating which ingredients may yield biologically active products during decomposition of the ingredients. There are, however, some products such as formaldehyde and the carbon oxides that are not detected by the pyrolyser-gas chromatography–mass spectrometric technique employed here. The generation and detection of these products during the pyrolysis of selected tobacco ingredients is the subject of a parallel paper.     

QDTA/T/EGD/GC在线联同技术 Ⅵ.煤的热氧化、燃烧反应过程及其机理的研究

应用QDTA/T/EGD/GC在线联同技术及其装置,测定了四种不同变质程度的煤质之DTA/EGD/GC燃烧特性曲线,从中可提供如下三方面的信息和数据:(1)依据DTA测得的燃烧特性曲线,可取得在氧化、燃烧全过程中各项热特性的表征温度。(2)依据跟踪DTA逸出气成份的浓度变化所测得的EGD曲线,可了解不同煤质在热解、着火和燃烧特性等方面的差异。(3)依据DTA/EGD曲线的演变,可截取各个反应温度下之逸出气,进行在线的GC分析。在上述实验结果的基础上,应用过氧化物学说探讨煤的低温氧化反应机理。     

Evidence of coal combustion contribution to ambient VOCs during winter in Beijing

Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)play an important role in ozone and secondary organic aerosol(SOA)formation,but VOCs sources during winter are not fully understood.To investigate VOCs sources during winter,mixing ratios of C2–C12 VOCs were measured at an urban site in Beijing from December 29,2011to January 17,2012.Correlation analysis of toluene to benzene and i-pentane to n-pentane suggest that coal combustion could also be an important source for VOCs besides vehicular emissions.Source apportionment results show that coal combustion and vehicular emissions contributed 28%–39%and31%–45%to ambient VOCs during winter,respectively.Backward trajectory analyses demonstrated that contributions from the burning of coal were higher when air masses came from southern regions outside Beijing.Close attention should be paid to VOCs emissions from coal combustion in Beijing city and the vicinity to the South.     

不同煤燃烧方式降低NOx排放比较及解耦燃烧应用

采用两段反应器研究了三种煤在不同燃烧方式下抑制NO_x生成的效果。结果表明,煤的热解气和部分气化生成气再燃均能较好的抑制NO_x生成,抑制效果优于空气分级燃烧,解耦燃烧方式抑制NO_x生成的效果最显著,相对于传统燃烧其NO_x排放降低了32%以上。煤种对各种燃烧方式降低NO_x的程度有明显影响,煤中单位氮含量的燃料比(固定碳/挥发分)越小,煤的热解气和部分气化生成气再燃以及解耦燃烧方式下NO_x的排放量越低。在煤部分气化生成气再燃烧方式中,部分氧化气化段通氧量不同,降低NO_x排放的效果也不同,在氧气体积分数为8%~10%时的NO_x生成量最低。基于解耦燃烧技术原理,研制了1.4 MW解耦燃烧工业锅炉,在燃烧同一煤种时,解耦燃烧锅炉和传统立式锅炉相比,烟气中NO_x排放量降低了32.9%。     

Pyrolysis behavior of pectin under the conditions that simulate cigarette smoking

In this paper, the formation mechanism of pyrolysis gases released during the pyrolysis of pectin under the conditions that simulate cigarette smouldering was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (TG-FTIR). Moreover, the combustion behavior of pyrolysis gases was studied by micro-scale combustion calorimetry (MCC). TG-FTIR results illustrated that the composition of the gaseous products was mainly composed of CO₂, H₂O, CO, methanol, methane and carbonyl compounds. MCC results demonstrated that the combustion of pectin was mainly determined by the prolysis gases formed in the temperature range of 200-300 °C. Flash pyrolysis experiment in combination with high performance liquid chromatography (FPy-HPLC) was used to study the pyrolytic formation of eight carbonyl compounds (i.e. formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, methyl ethyl ketone and butyraldehyde) during the pyrolysis of pectin under the pyrolysis conditions of cigarette puffing. Results demonstrated that pyrolysis temperature influenced the formation of acetaldehyde, acrolein, propionaldehyde and butyraldehyde greatly, while nitrogen flow affected the generation of formaldehyde, acetone, crotonaldehyde and methyl ethyl ketone deeply.     

石油焦与煤混合燃料热重分析研究

石油焦与煤混合燃烧是高效处理石油焦的有效方法，作者对选用的石油焦和煤不同配比的混合燃料进行了热重分析研究。使用常压高温热天平研究、分析了各配比混合燃料的热解特性和燃烧特性。并根据化学动力学方法计算了各过程的化学动力学参数，即活化能E和频率因子A0。结果表明，各混合燃料热解起始温度大致相同，随煤焦比减小，挥发分析出速率变缓，最大释放速度所对应的温度升高，最终失重率减小，挥发分释放特性指数减小；随煤焦比增大，混合燃料着火温度和燃尽温度逐渐降低，最大燃烧速率所对应的温度降低，燃烧特性指数增大；随煤焦比减小，活化能和频率因子增大。     

无烟煤挥发分和焦炭独立燃烧过程中NO生成规律

采用固定床反应器,将无烟煤粉的燃烧分为焦炭燃烧和挥发分燃烧两部分,研究了各自燃烧过程中产生NO的规律,评价了焦炭N和挥发分N对煤粉燃烧产生NO的相对贡献。结果表明,煤粉N﹑焦炭N和挥发分N的转化率都随过量空气系数α和温度的增加而增加;焦炭N是无烟煤粉燃烧过程中NO的主要来源;煤粉的转化率都小于煤粉分解燃烧时挥发分转化率加焦炭的总转化率;还原性气氛或氧化性气氛越强,挥发分和焦炭在煤粉燃烧时的相互作用越强。     

常压程序升温热解-质谱系统在煤脱羧过程中的应用

设计了在线监测煤和其它含高挥发分组份样品的热解气体的反应器,将此反应器与商品型质谱(MS)联用,建立了常压程序升温热解-质谱(AP-TPP-MS)系统。用模型化合物和真实样品检验了该系统的可靠性和重复性,并探讨了通过预处理前后煤热解时CO2的逸出情况来反映煤脱羧效果的可行性。结果表明,此系统用于模型化合物热解时能获得响应好、重叠拖尾少、对称性好的气体逸出峰;用于氧化煤时能清晰可辨地显示同一热解气体的多个逸出峰;系统的稳定性和重复性较好。可利用此系统监测CO2的逸出情况,反映预处理对煤的脱羧效果。     

热重-流动载气液滴微吸附体系的建立及其应用于卷烟纸的热解产物分析

将液相微萃取技术用于流动载气条件下热重逸出组分的吸附,自行设计和建立了热重-流动载气液滴微吸附(TG-GFSDMA)联用装置,并结合气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS),建立了可以进行热重逸出组分分析的检测系统.使用该系统并结合划分温度段连续取样法,研究了卷烟纸在主失重区的热失重行为及其热解逸出产物,并考察了热重载气流量对液滴...     

Comparison of pulverized coal combustion in air and in O2/CO2 mixtures by thermo-gravimetric analysis

Thermo-gravimetric technique was used to study the combustion characteristics of pulverized coal in different O₂/CO₂ environments. The effects of combustion environment, oxygen concentration, particle size and heating rate were considered and the differences of pulverized coal pyrolysis, combustion and gaseous compounds release under two environments were analyzed. Results show that the coal pyrolysis in CO₂ environment can be divided into three stages: moisture release, devolatilization and char gasification by CO₂ in higher temperature zone. In the lower temperature zone, the mass loss rate of coal pyrolysis in CO₂ environment is lower than that in N₂ environment. The burning process of pulverized coal in O₂/CO₂ environment is delayed compared with that in O₂/N₂ environment for equivalent oxygen concentrations. With the oxygen concentration increase or the coal particle size decrease, the burning rate of coal increases and burnout time is shortened. As the heating rate increases, coal particles are faster heated in a short period of time and burnt in a higher temperature region, but the increase in heating rate has almost no obvious effect on the combustion mechanism of pulverized coal. During the programmed heating process, species in flue gas including H₂O, CO₂, CO, CH₄, SO₂ and NO were determined and analyzed using the Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. Compared with pulverized coal combustion in O₂/N₂ environment, much more CO is produced in O₂/CO₂ coal combustion process, but the releases of SO₂ and NO are less than those released in O₂/N₂ environment. The present results might have important implications for understanding the intrinsic mechanics of pulverized coal combustion in O₂/CO₂ environment.