• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 57, Issue 23, 233004 (2020)
Xiangru Wang, Xiaoshu Cai*, Jun Chen, and Wu Zhou
Author Affiliations
  • Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Power Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    Xiangru Wang, Xiaoshu Cai, Jun Chen, Wu Zhou. Analytical Simulation of Ultraviolet Differential Absorption Spectra of Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(23): 233004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Flow chart of data processing of BTX-DOAS
    Fig. 1. Flow chart of data processing of BTX-DOAS
    Variation of absorption coefficient with incident light intensity
    Fig. 2. Variation of absorption coefficient with incident light intensity
    Variation of differential absorption coefficient with incident light intensity
    Fig. 3. Variation of differential absorption coefficient with incident light intensity
    BTX concentrations retrieving. (a) No particles, no random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 1.78×10-7 cm-1); (b) no particles, random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 3.65×10-6 cm-1); (c) particles, no random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 1.18×10-6 cm-1); (d) particles, random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 4.83×10-6 cm-1)
    Fig. 4. BTX concentrations retrieving. (a) No particles, no random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 1.78×10-7 cm-1); (b) no particles, random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 3.65×10-6 cm-1); (c) particles, no random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 1.18×10-6 cm-1); (d) particles, random noise (fitting residual with a standard deviation of 4.83×10-6 cm-1)
    Variations of differential absorption coefficient in the absence of particles and the change of particle parameters
    Fig. 5. Variations of differential absorption coefficient in the absence of particles and the change of particle parameters
    ParameterSetting value
    Incident light intensityDeuterium light emitting spectrum
    Volume fraction of benzene/10-620
    Volume fraction of toluene/10-640
    Volume fraction of o-xylene/10-650
    Volume fraction of m-xylene/10-660
    Volume fraction of p-xylene/10-630
    Light path length/cm30
    Particle number concentration (Nu)/(particle·cm-3)105
    Particle size range/nm1-10000
    Particle shapeSphere
    Particle size distributionLogarithmic normal distribution (Mu,Sd)
    Mean (Mu)7
    Standard deviation (Sd)1
    Relative refractive index of particles (m)1.57
    Light scattering conditionUncorrelated single scattering
    Table 1. Initial parameters setting for DOAS numerical simulation
    SpeciesTrue volume fraction/10-6Retrieved volume fraction/10-6
    1.1I0(λ)I0(λ)0.9I0(λ)0.5I0(λ)0.1I0(λ)
    Benzene2019.9919.9919.9919.9819.99
    Toluene4039.9539.9639.9539.9239.96
    O-xylene5049.5549.5549.5549.5749.55
    M-xylene6059.4859.5259.5459.5859.52
    P-xylene3030.0230.0130.0130.0330.01
    Table 2. Influence of variation of incident light intensity on retrieved concentrations of BTX
    SpeciesTrue volume fraction/10-6Retrieved volume fraction/10-6
    No particlesMu=6Mu=4Sd=0.5Sd=1.2Nu=104m=1.33
    Benzene2020.0020.0020.0020.0020.0220.0020.00
    Toluene4040.0140.0240.0039.9940.0439.9940.00
    O-xylene5050.0050.0949.9949.9850.2449.9750.01
    M-xylene6060.0359.9660.0159.9960.3560.0059.97
    P-xylene3030.0030.0030.0030.0029.9730.0030.00
    Table 3. Effects of particle parameters on retrieved concentrations of BTX
    Xiangru Wang, Xiaoshu Cai, Jun Chen, Wu Zhou. Analytical Simulation of Ultraviolet Differential Absorption Spectra of Benzene, Toluene, and Xylenes[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(23): 233004
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