Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Spring 5-31-1994
Degree Name
Master of Science in Environmental Science - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
First Advisor
S. Mitra
Second Advisor
Barbara B. Kebbekus
Third Advisor
Henry Shaw
Abstract
A thermionic ionization detector (TID) consists of a catalytically active, low work function heated source. It responds to molecules with high electron affinity which can extract electrons from the surface of the source to form negative ions. TID has been used as selective detectors for nitrogen and phosphorous compounds (NPD). In this research, a TID has been used for selective detection of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The response of the TID to different oxygenated and chlorinated VOCs compounds was studied. To evaluated its performance, the analysis was done using a FID in parallel with the TID. For most of the compounds studied, the TID exhibited selective responses in presence of hydrocarbons with reasonable sensitivity and linearity. Effects of various TID operating parameters, namely detector temperature, source current supply and bias voltage were studied.
Recommended Citation
Li, Wanfang, "Measurement of oxygenated volatile organic compounds using the thermionic ionization detector" (1994). Theses. 1640.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1640
