A natural gas leakage detector based on scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy is described. The sensor employs a multi-channel scanned-wavelength direct absorption strategy.It has the potential to simultan...A natural gas leakage detector based on scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy is described. The sensor employs a multi-channel scanned-wavelength direct absorption strategy.It has the potential to simultaneously monitor methane and hydrogen sulfide in open path environment.Traditionally,scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy is the technique choice for natural gas leakage applications because of its simplicity,accuracy,and stability.We perform the gas sensor using direct-absorption wavelength scans with isolated features at 1-kHz repetition rate and the center wavelength is stabilized at the center of the 2v_3 band R（3） line of methane（1.65μm） and the（v_1＋v_2＋v_3） combination band of hydrogen sulfide（1.57μm）,respectively.The influence of light intensity fluctuations can be eliminated by using scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy.Because of the fast wavelength scanning,the sensor has a response time of less than 0.1 s.The sensor can be configured to sense leakages in path-integrated concentrations of,for example,100-ppm·m hydrogen sulfide and 10-ppm·m methane.展开更多
基金supported by the importantly directional project of Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KGCX2-YW-121-1)the National Defense Pre-Research Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.CXJJ-09-M38).
文摘A natural gas leakage detector based on scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy is described. The sensor employs a multi-channel scanned-wavelength direct absorption strategy.It has the potential to simultaneously monitor methane and hydrogen sulfide in open path environment.Traditionally,scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy is the technique choice for natural gas leakage applications because of its simplicity,accuracy,and stability.We perform the gas sensor using direct-absorption wavelength scans with isolated features at 1-kHz repetition rate and the center wavelength is stabilized at the center of the 2v_3 band R（3） line of methane（1.65μm） and the（v_1＋v_2＋v_3） combination band of hydrogen sulfide（1.57μm）,respectively.The influence of light intensity fluctuations can be eliminated by using scanned-wavelength direct absorption spectroscopy.Because of the fast wavelength scanning,the sensor has a response time of less than 0.1 s.The sensor can be configured to sense leakages in path-integrated concentrations of,for example,100-ppm·m hydrogen sulfide and 10-ppm·m methane.
