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MeFTIR

Mobile extractive Fourier Transfer Infra-Red (MeFTIR)

The Mobile extractive Fourier Transfer Infra-Red (MeFTIR) method is used to map the gas concentrations (ppb or mg/m3) at ground level from various sources. It is able to efficiently screen large areas for hotspot or leaks. The MeFTIR technique is essentially an internal lamp, a multi-reflection cell and an IR-spectrometer. MeFTIR monitors IR-radiation over a broad spectral IR region for the detection and quantification of a range of VOCs and other gases inside the cell.

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Physical Basis of measurements Measurement of local gas concentration inside a reflection cell, combined with local wind data and positional data.
Main Purpose Concentration mapping and leak search. Emission quantification if used with the Tracer Correlation method or Indirect Flux.
Spatial information -Scale -Resolution From the scale of industrial conglomerates (50 km by 50 km) down to sections of a site (50 m by 50 m) or isolated single sources. Provides spatial concentration information in one dimension along the measurement path. 5 m to 25 m in the horizontal, dependent on the driving speed.
Measured Quantity (unit) Local concentration in extracted air (mg/m3) and (ppb) above reference/start value.
Secondary Quantities (units) 1) Mass concentration ratio of ground plume combined with SOF gives Indirect Flux [kg/h] and plume height information [m] 2) Mass flux [kg/h] via Tracer Correlation method.
Complementary data Geolocation of the measurement vehicle (latitude, longitude). Local wind direction (deg N) and wind speed (m/s) are needed for leak search.
Compounds measured A wide range of VOC compounds including methane, other alkanes (C2-C20), alcohols (C2OH-C8OH), alkenes (C2-C4), amines, dienes, aldehydes, vinyl chloride and aromatic VOCs. Other, non-VOC species, include NH3, CO, HCl and HF. N2O and acetylene are suitable tracer gas species.
Detection limits (conc) The detection limits are species dependent but typically in the 1-20 ppb range.
Typical range From detection limit to saturation (no defined upper limit)
Time resolution/ sampling frequency Sampling frequency varies between measurement modes/species in the range: 1 s – 10 s
Typical uncertainties (ppb) or (mg/m3) 10 %

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