Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System
The quantification of atmospheric gases with small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) is expanding the ability to safely perform environmental monitoring tasks and quickly evaluate the impact of technologies. In this work, a calibrated sUAS is used to quantify the emissions of ammonia (NH<sub>3<...
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doaj-37cceb17031143ab9919f3377035b4352020-12-07T00:02:08ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-12-01206974697410.3390/s20236974Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture SystemTravis J. Schuyler0Bradley Irvin1Keemia Abad2Jesse G. Thompson3Kunlei Liu4Marcelo I. Guzman5Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USACenter for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40511, USADepartment of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USADepartment of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USACenter for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40511, USADepartment of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USAThe quantification of atmospheric gases with small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) is expanding the ability to safely perform environmental monitoring tasks and quickly evaluate the impact of technologies. In this work, a calibrated sUAS is used to quantify the emissions of ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) gas from the exit stack a 0.1 MWth pilot-scale carbon capture system (CCS) employing a 5 M monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent to scrub CO<sub>2</sub> from coal combustion flue gas. A comparison of the results using the sUAS against the ion chromatography technique with the EPA CTM-027 method for the standard emission sampling of NH<sub>3</sub> shows good agreement. Therefore, the work demonstrates the usefulness of sUAS as an alternative method of emission measurement, supporting its application in lieu of traditional sampling techniques to collect real time emission data.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/23/6974ammonia emissionmonoethanolamineamine scrubbingcoalflue gasunmanned |
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Travis J. Schuyler Bradley Irvin Keemia Abad Jesse G. Thompson Kunlei Liu Marcelo I. Guzman Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System Sensors ammonia emission monoethanolamine amine scrubbing coal flue gas unmanned |
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Travis J. Schuyler Bradley Irvin Keemia Abad Jesse G. Thompson Kunlei Liu Marcelo I. Guzman |
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Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System |
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Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System |
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Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System |
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Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System |
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Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO<sub>2</sub> Capture System |
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application of a small unmanned aerial system to measure ammonia emissions from a pilot amine-co<sub>2</sub> capture system |
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The quantification of atmospheric gases with small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) is expanding the ability to safely perform environmental monitoring tasks and quickly evaluate the impact of technologies. In this work, a calibrated sUAS is used to quantify the emissions of ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) gas from the exit stack a 0.1 MWth pilot-scale carbon capture system (CCS) employing a 5 M monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent to scrub CO<sub>2</sub> from coal combustion flue gas. A comparison of the results using the sUAS against the ion chromatography technique with the EPA CTM-027 method for the standard emission sampling of NH<sub>3</sub> shows good agreement. Therefore, the work demonstrates the usefulness of sUAS as an alternative method of emission measurement, supporting its application in lieu of traditional sampling techniques to collect real time emission data. |
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ammonia emission monoethanolamine amine scrubbing coal flue gas unmanned |
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