ǂA ǂdevice and a method for complete carbonaceous aerosol analysis in real time

European patent application EP4033242A1, 25. 8. 2021

Asta Gregorič (Author), Matic Ivančič (Author), Martin Rigler (Author)

Abstract

The present invention belongs to the field of methods and devices for analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties by the use of thermos-optical means. The invention relates to a device and a method for complete carbonaceous aerosol analysis in real time, which is essentially a system combining two different instruments, wherein the first instrument measures total carbon (TC) using flash heating of collected aerosol samples and generation of CO2, while the second instrument performs an optical attenuation analysis at 7 wavelengths from near UV (370 nm) to near IR range (950 nm) in order to characterize a Black Carbon (BC/EC) aerosols accumulated on a glass-fiber/PTFE filter tape. The device, i.e., the system of said instruments, collects and processes collected data of both instruments, wherein said processing may be performed by any of the instruments or by a separate processing means, computer or computer application.

Keywords

carbonaceous aerosol;black carbon;total carbon;brown carbon;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2022
Typology:	2.23 - Patent Application
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Publisher:	European Patent Office
UDC:	53
COBISS:	183610371
Views:	257
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Type (COBISS):	Patent
Pages:	21 str.
ID:	22778404