Studies of gas-jet assisted RF-glow discharge atomic absorption spectrometry

The gas jet assisted glow discharge source has been employed for the RF-glow discharge atomic absorption spectrometry (RF-GDAAS). Data are described to illustrate the role of discharge power, pressure as well as gas flow rate on the sample loss rate, absorbance and self-bias potential. Results show that the optimum discharge conditions depend not only on the pressure and discharge power but also on the gas flow rate. The absorbance increases as much as 1 order of magnitude as the gas flow rate increases from 50 mL/min to 500 mL/min at a pressure of 3 mbar. The use of a gas-jet source allows the direct analysis of solids by RF-GDAAS.     

大气压等离子体射流重整CH4-CO2制合成气

采用大气压等离子体射流,以CH₄和CO^₂直接作为放电气体进行常压下重整制合成气的实验研究,考察了等离子体射流的放电特征及放电距离、放电功率、原料气配比和流量对反应的影响。结果表明,该等离子体具有放电稳定、均匀的特征。重整反应的主要产物为合成气,只有少量的H₂O和积炭生成。优化的反应条件为放电距离为9mm,CH₄和CO₂的摩尔比为4/6。当原料气流量为1000mL/min,放电功率为88.4W时,CH4和CO₂的最高转化率为分别为94.99%和87.23%。甲烷和二氧化碳的转化率随放电功率的增加而增加,随流量的增加而减少。     

介质阻挡放电等离子体甲烷/水蒸气重整制氢

采用自制的介质阻挡放电实验系统,进行了甲烷/水蒸气大气压下重整制氢实验研究。考察了水碳比（水蒸气/甲烷物质的量比）、气体总流量、放电电压和放电频率对甲烷转化率及氢气等主要产物产率的影响。结果表明,甲烷转化率和氢气产率随着水碳比和放电电压的增加而增大,随着气体总流量和放电频率的增加呈现先增大后减小的变化规律。在放电电压18.6 kV、放电频率9.8 kHz、水碳比3.4、反应气体总流量79 mL/min时,获最大氢气产率（14.38%）。此外,利用发射光谱对放电过程中的活性基团进行了原位诊断,得到了CH·、OH·、H₂及H_α活性粒子的光谱信号强度随实验参数的变化规律,并结合放电机理推测了氢气的生成路径。     

介质阻挡放电甲醇脱氢偶联一步合成乙二醇反应中氢气的催化作用

利用原位发射光谱表征和在线色谱分析,研究了甲醇介质阻挡放电脱氢偶联一步合成乙二醇反应中氢气的催化作用,考察了放电频率、甲醇和氢气进料量以及反应压力的影响.结果表明,在介质阻挡放电产生的非平衡等离子体中,H2不但能显著提高甲醇转化率,而且能显著提高乙二醇的选择性.在300°C,0.1 MPa,反应器注入功率为11 W,放电频率为12.0 k Hz,甲醇气体进料量为11.1 m L/min,氢气进料量为80–180 m L/min的条件下,甲醇转化率接近30%,乙二醇选择性大于75%.乙二醇收率与激发态氢原子的Hα谱线强度之间存在同增同减关系.由此推测,氢原子是起催化作用的活性氢物种.活性氢物种的生成途径是:基态氢分子通过与电子碰撞变成激发态,激发态氢分子通过第一激发态氢自动解离为基态氢原子.放电反应条件通过影响氢分子解离来影响氢气的催化作用.氢气在非平衡等离子体中显示的催化作用有可能为开辟新的化学合成途径提供重要机遇.     

电场增强催化甲烷合成碳二烃催化剂影响研究

本研究提出了在常温、常压电场增强等离子体条件下甲烷直接转化合成碳二烃的洁净工艺 ,在不同的放电电压、放电功率、甲烷进料流量和不同的催化剂作用下 ,甲烷能够以不同的转化率和选择性转变为碳二烃。对影响甲烷转化率和碳二烃选择性的因素 :放电电压、放电功率、甲烷进料流量和催化剂进行了研究 ,对催化剂性能进行了比较 ,并探讨了反应机理。结果表明 ,适宜的工艺条件 :放电电压 2 0kV～ 4 0kV ;输入功率 :2 0W～ 4 0W ;合适的甲烷进料流量 :30mL/min～ 70mL/min。在该条件下 ,碳二烃的选择性可以达到 95 % ;催化剂对甲烷转化率的影响顺序为MnO2 /Al2 O3 >Ni/Al2 O3 >MoO3 /Al2 O3 >Ni/NaY >Pd/ZSM 5 >Ni/H4Mg2 Si3 O4>Ni/ZSM 5 >Co/ZSM 5 >无催化剂。     

电晕放电二氧化碳冷等离子体转化特性研究

在常压、室温条件下利用电晕放电使二氧化碳通过冷等离子体反应分解为一氧化碳和氧气,由四极质谱在线定量在分析产物组成。考察反应条件（电晕类型、能量密度、气体流量等）对反应转化率的影响,分析了该反应的能量效率。当放电功率为40W、CO2流量为30mL.min^-1时,正电晕等离子体CO2分解反应的转化率为15．2％;CO2,专座经率随体系能量密度的增加上升,随反应时间的增加而增大,当CO2流量为90mL.min^-1、正电晕放电功率为37．6W时,反应体系的能量效率为5．89％。实验发现,正电晕放电时CO2的转化率高负电晕的转化率。     

Downstream Characterization of an Atmospheric Pressure Pulsed Arc Jet

An atmospheric pressure nitrogen plasma jet sustained by a repetitive pulsed DC power source is studied. The afterglow characteristics of this plasma jet are studied by an optical emission spectrometer and thermocouples. The effects of the process parameters, namely the applied voltage and the gas flow rate, on the plasma characteristics are investigated. It is shown that the plasma reactivity is controlled by the power deposition to the plasma as well as the decay process of the reactive species upon formation. The reactivity increases with the increase in the applied voltage and with the decrease in the gas flow rate. The jet temperature is primarily controlled by the power density, and it increases with the increase in the applied voltage and with the decrease in the gas flow rate. These observations suggest that the plasma reactivity and the jet temperature of this plasma jet can be nearly independently controlled.     

脉冲电晕环境中13X分子筛对NO分解作用的研究

在常温、常压下，利用脉冲电晕放电产生冷等离子体，使一氧化氮发生分解，直接生成氮气和氧气，用四极杆质谱仪在线测量反应过程中反应物和生成物的变化。在自行研制的实验台上，考察了13X分子筛在不同的脉冲电晕放电条件下，表现出来的不同特性及其对反应转化率的影响。在30 ℃～430 ℃、流量375 mL/min～1 333 mL/min，分析了该反应过程中13X分子筛对转化率的促进作用。在同一脉冲放电条件下，控制13X分子筛的温度为200 ℃，转化率从30 ℃时的1.2%上升到19.7%；转化率最高可以达到35.9%。并对反应过程中13X分子筛的吸附特性做了初步探讨。     

Optical Emission Spectroscopy of Abnormal Glow Region in Nitrogen Plasma

Optical emission spectroscopy of the active species in N₂ plasma is carried out to investigate their concentration as a function of discharge parameters such as filling pressure (2.0–7.0 mbar), source power (100–200 W) and gas flow rate (50–300 mg/min). The primary motivation of this work is to obtain reliable information about the concentration of the active species of N₂ plasma, which play an important role in plasma surface nitriding processes. Emission intensity from the selected electronic excited states of molecular and atomic species is evaluated as a function of discharge parameters to investigate their concentration. The emission intensity ratio I(N₂⁺)/I(N₂) and I(N⁺)/I(N) of the electronic transitions is also evaluated as a function of discharge parameters to investigate the relative dependence of their concentrations. It is observed that the concentration of the active species of N₂ plasma is strongly affected by the filling pressure and source power whereas flow rate has no significant effect. An increased occurrence of N₂⁺ molecular ions in comparison with N₂ molecules, and N⁺ ions in comparison with N atoms is observed with source power whereas decreased occurrence of N₂⁺ molecular ions in comparison with N₂ molecules, and N⁺ ions in comparison with N atoms is observed with the rise in filling pressure.     

Critical evaluation of conditions of plasma polymerization

Under conditions of plasma polymerization, we are dealing with the “reactive” or “self-exhausting” rather than the “nonreactive” or “non-self-exhausting” gas phase (plasma). Therefore, many parameters that define the gas phase, such as system pressure and monomer flow rate, which are measured in the nonplasma state (before glow discharge is initiated), do not apply to a steady state of plasma, the conditions under which most of the studies on plasma polymerization are carried out. Consequently, information based on: (1) the polymer deposition rate measured at a fixed flow rate and discharge power, (2) the dependence of deposition rate on flow rate at fixed discharge power, or (3) the dependence of deposition rate on discharge power at fixed flow rate, does not provide meaningful data that can be used to compare the characteristic nature of various organic compounds in plasma polymerization. The significance and true meaning of experimental parameters applicable to conditions of plasma polymerization are discussed. The most important feature is that plasma polymerizations of various organic compounds should be compared at comparable levels of composite discharge power parameter W/FM, where W is discharge power, F is the monomer flow rate (given in moles), and M is the molecular weight of a monomer.     

Development of an ion mobility spectrometer for use in an atmospheric pressure ionization ion mobility spectrometer/mass spectrometer instrument for fast screening analysis

An ion mobility spectrometer that can easily be installed as an intermediate component between a commercial triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer and its original atmospheric pressure ionization (API) sources was developed. The curtain gas from the mass spectrometer is also used as the ion mobility spectrometer drift gas. The design of the ion mobility spectrometer allows reasonably fast installation (about 1 h), and thus the ion mobility spectrometer can be considered as an accessory of the mass spectrometer. The ion mobility spectrometer module can also be used as an independently operated device when equipped with a Faraday cup detector. The drift tube of the ion mobility spectrometer module consists of inlet, desolvation, drift, and extraction regions. The desolvation, drift and extraction regions are separated by ion gates. The inlet region has the shape of a stainless steel cup equipped with a small orifice. Ion mobility spectrometer drift gas is introduced through a curtain gas line from an original flange of the mass spectrometer. After passing through the drift tube, the drift gas serves as a curtain gas for the ion-sampling orifice of the ion mobility spectrometer before entering the ion source. Counterflow of the drift gas improves evaporation of the solvent from the electrosprayed sample. Drift gas is pumped away from the ion source through the original exhaust orifice of the ion source. Initial characterization of the ion mobility spectrometer device includes determination of resolving power values for a selected set of test compounds, separation of a simple mixture, and comparison of the sensitivity of the electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry/mass spectrometry (ESI-IMS/MS) mode with that of the ESI-MS mode. A resolving power of 80 was measured for 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine in a 333 V/cm drift field at room temperature and with a 0.2 ms ion gate opening time. The resolving power was shown to be dependent on drift gas flow rate for all studied ion gate opening times. Resolving power improved as the drift gas flow increased, e.g. at a 0.5 ms gate opening time, a resolving power of 31 was obtained with a 0.65 L/min flow rate and 47 with a 1.3 L/min flow rate for tetrabutylammonium iodide. The measured limits of detection with ESI-MS and with ESI-IMS/MS modes were similar, demonstrating that signal losses in the IMS device are minimal when it is operated in a continuous flow mode. Based on these preliminary results, the IMS/MS instrument is anticipated to have potential for fast screening analysis that can be applied, for example, in environmental and drug analysis.     

Methane Conversion to Hydrogen and Carbon Black by DC-Spark Discharge

A continuous production of hydrogen and carbon black from methane without CO₂ emission in atmospheric pressure has been investigated by non thermal decomposition of methane using a system of direct current (DC)-spark discharge plasma, which has great advantages over other systems, like thermal plasma or catalytic conversion of methane in H₂ production. A plasma reactor with specific design of electrodes was employed to examine the reactor performance regarding operating conditions such as feed flow rate, input power and electrodes distance. The experimental results showed that designed reactor increases not only the concentration of the produced hydrogen in continues condition but also guarantees stable plasma. As the methane supply rate increased, the hydrogen concentration decreased but on the other hand the hydrogen volume flow rate increased. In general, under the specified operating condition (power?=?21 W and methane flow rate?=?150?ml/min), the plasma converter produced a hydrogen concentration of 45?% at hydrogen volume flow rate of 75?ml/min.     

用无声放电转化甲烷和二氧化碳同时制备合成气与烃

在低温常压条件下,研究了在无声放电反应器中以A型分子筛为催化剂从甲烷和二氧化碳合成烃和合成气,实现了在无声放电反应器中同时合成烃和合成气。实验在原料气流量200－600ml/min、原料气甲烷和二氧化碳摩尔比1／1－3／1及输入功率100－500W的范围内进行。研究结果表明,低原料气流量有利于甲烷和二氧化碳的转化,而高原料气流量有利于烃的生成;原料气甲烷和二氧化碳摩尔比对制得合成气的H2／CO摩尔比的影响最显著;甲烷和二氧化碳转化率及合成气和烃的产率均随输入功率的增加而提高。而所研究的范围内,当原料气流理为200ml/min、甲烷和二氧化碳摩尔比为1／1、输入功率为500S时,甲烷和二氧化碳转化率达到最高值,分别为64％和39％。以此法制备的合成气的H2／CO摩尔可以在很宽的范围内变化,本研究合成气H2／CO摩尔比的变化范围是0.7-3.1。     

Evaluation of a dual electrospray ionization/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source at low flow rates (∼50 µL/min) for the analysis of both highly and weakly polar compounds

The atmospheric pressure ionization (API) source for a commercial mass spectrometer was modified to operate as a dual source in both the electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) techniques by simultaneously utilizing the electrospray probe and the corona discharge needle. A switching box was designed to operate in either manual or programmable modes to permit rapid switching between ionization techniques without changing sources, probes, or breaking vacuum. The source can be operated using the following ionization techniques: ESI only, APCI only, ESI/APCI simultaneously, and ESI/APCI alternatingly. The optimum operating conditions for these ionization techniques were similar to the manufacturer’s original specifications except that the APCI flow rate was lower (～50 µL/min versus 1000 µL/min) and externally heated nebulizing gas was found to be desirable. A four-component mixture, introduced by flow injection, was used to demonstrate the versatility of the dual ESI/APCI source.     

低温等离子体原子荧光光谱法直接测定固体样品中的汞

建立了低温等离子体(LTP)与原子荧光光谱仪(AFS)联用直接检测ABS固体样品中Hg的方法.实验采用介质阻挡放电(DBD)方式产生低温等离子体,剥蚀固体样品后产生的元素蒸气引入到原子荧光光谱仪进行检测.优化的实验条件为:DBD外接电源的放电功率为16～18 W,放电气体流速为400 mL/min;采样距离为1～5 mm;原子荧光光谱仪的原子化器高度为10 mm.本系统测定Hg的检出限为0.91 mg/kg,线性范围为91.5～1096 mg/kg;精密度(RSD,n=7)为1.9％～2.3％,并对标准样品以及实际样品进行测定,测定结果与标准值与ICPMS及CVG-AFS一致,表明本方法可作为直接检测固体样品的新型元素分析技术.     

Kinetic Modeling of Plasma Methane Conversion Using Gliding Arc

Plasma methane (CH4) conversion in gliding arc discharge was examined. The result data of experiments regarding the performance of gliding arc discharge were presented in this paper. A simulation which is consisted some chemical kinetic mechanisms has been provided to analyze and describe the plasma process. The effect of total gas flow rate and input frequency refers to power consumption have been studied to evaluate the performance of gliding arc plasma system and the reaction mechanism of decomposition.Experiment results indicated that the maximum conversion of CH4 reached 50% at the total gas flow rate of 1 L/min. The plasma reaction was occurred at the atmospheric pressure and the main products were C (solid), hydrogen, and acetylene (C2H2). The plasma reaction of methane conversion was exothermic reaction which increased the product stream temperature around 30～50℃.     

大气压等离子体射流重整CH_4-CO_2制合成气

采用大气压等离子体射流,以CH4和CO2直接作为放电气体进行常压下重整制合成气的实验研究,考察了等离子体射流的放电特征及放电距离、放电功率、原料气配比和流量对反应的影响。结果表明,该等离子体具有放电稳定、均匀的特征。重整反应的主要产物为合成气,只有少量的H2O和积炭生成。优化的反应条件为放电距离为9 mm,CH4和CO2的摩尔比为4/6。当原料气流量为1 000 mL/min,放电功率为88.4 W时,CH4和CO2的最高转化率为分别为94.99%和87.23%。甲烷和二氧化碳的转化率随放电功率的增加而增加,随流量的增加而减少。     

Degradation of Azo Dye Acid Red 88 by Gas Phase Dielectric Barrier Discharges

The degradation of an azo dye, acid red 88 (AR88) in aqueous solutions by a gas-phase dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) system was investigated. The reactive species generated from the DBD system such as OH^• radical, ozone and hydrogen peroxide were measured. The effects of various parameters such as gas flow rate, initial pH, input power, initial concentration of AR88 and the gas source on the degradation of AR88 were studied. The results show that OH^• radical was the major reactive species generated when 100% relative humidity (RH) air was used. An aqueous solution of 25 mg L⁻¹ AR88 was 96.3% degraded in 5 min treatment, and 68% of the initial total organic carbon was removed in 90 min treatment with 100% RH air at 60 W input power and 7 L min⁻¹ gas flow rate. The degradation kinetics of AR88 followed a pseudo-first-order reaction and was dependent on the input power, gas flow rate, initial AR88 concentration and initial pH.     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法直接定量分析植物酵素中多种氨基酸成分

利用高效液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)方法直接分析植物酵素中多种未衍生化的氨基酸。样品用甲醇稀释5倍,超声提取30 min,离心10 min(速度为10000 r/min),取上清液分析。采用色谱柱Venusil ASB C18(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm)分离,以甲醇-乙酸-水混合溶液为流动相体系进行梯度洗脱,流速为0.5 mL/min,质谱喷雾电压为3 kV,离子源温度为150 ℃,去溶剂温度350 ℃,去溶剂气体流速为800 L/h。碰撞气氩气的流速保持压力为0.17 Pa。以被测物的提取离子流图峰面积进行定量,该分析方法的线性范围为0.5~200 μmol/L(r²>0.99),回收率为86%~110%,可对植物酵素中16种氨基酸成分进行定量分析。该方法操作简便快速、准确可靠,还适用于食品、药品及天然产物中多种氨基酸成分的定量分析。     

单向气流负电晕放电离子迁移谱的研究及其在爆炸物检测中的应用

基于离子迁移谱的爆炸物探测仪多采用放射性电离源,发展非放射性电离源一直是该技术的研究热点。本研究基于电晕放电原理设计了一种新型负电晕放电电离源结构,结合自行研制的离子迁移谱仪,应用于痕量爆炸物的快速、高灵敏检测。单向气流模式下,对此电离源的气流、放电电压等运行参数进行了系统优化,得到最佳实验条件为：电晕放电电离源结构的电极环孔直径为3 mm,针-环距离为2 mm,放电电压为2400 V,漂气流速为1200 mL/min。在此条件下,避免了放电副产物氮氧化物和臭氧等引发的一系列复杂反应,得到了单一的反应试剂离子O-2(H2O)n。将其应用于爆炸物,如2,4,6-三硝基甲苯(TNT)、硝酸铵(AN)、硝化甘油( NG)、太安( PETN)、黑索金( RDX)等的高灵敏快速直接检测,对TNT的检测限达到200 pg/μL。结果表明,此负电晕放电电离源具有灵敏度高、结构简单、无辐射性、反应试剂离子单一等优点,在爆炸物快速高灵敏检测、公共安全保障等方面具有广阔的应用前景。