New instruments for plant area and personnel monitoring
Advances in portable monitoring instruments and simple luminescence techniques for analyzing PNAs are reported. A small, derivative ultra-violet absorption spectrometer is suitable for multipollutant real-time monitoring of several mono- and bicyclic aromatic vapors. A non-compound selective fluorescence spill spotter and lightpipe luminoscope are active instruments for measuring general surface and skin contamination, respectively. A small, passive, integrating, filter paper exposure device that responds to PNA vapors such a pyrene, is a very promising and recent development. Synchronous luminescence and room temperature phosphorescence are two attractive and simple to use analytical methodologies for the rapid assaying of major PNA compounds. Their potential for analyzing the cyclohexane extract of particulate matter, or incorporation into a device for the continuous monitoring of select PNAs in aerosols in near-real-time, are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Health and Safety Research Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6943300
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-801210-
- Journal Information:
- Alternative Energy Sources; (United States), Journal Name: Alternative Energy Sources; (United States) Vol. 6; ISSN ALESD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
AROMATICS
BIOASSAY
FLUIDS
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LUMINESCENCE
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SPECTROMETERS
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS
VAPORS