Excimer Technology :
Analyzer Design :
The UV Fluorescence method is the most simple and practical low-level sulfur analytical technique. It has been widely used and proven over many years of use in industrial settings. This method involves the injection of a sample into a high-temperature oxidation furnace, converting all hydrocarbons into water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Total sulfur contained in molecular-bound hydrocarbon species is oxidized at temperatures in excess of 1000°C into sulfur dioxide (SO2) by the reaction:
R-SH + R-NH + O2→ SO2+CO2+H2O
The furnace effluent containing these combustion byproducts is directed into a detection chamber where it is excited by high-energy, short-wavelength emission from the EUVF of Excimer UVF source. The UV photons from the excitation source, transfer energy into the SO2molecule and raise its energy level to create an excited singlet state. These excited molecules rapidly decay back to their lower energy ground state releasing the absorbed energy as a secondary emission known as fluorescence.
SO2+ hv → SO2*→ SO2+ hv’
Fluorescence emission is optically filtered to remove undesired wavelengths from excitation source and background scatter within the detector chamber. Detection of filtered fluorescence emission is accomplished using a Photomultiplier Tube and amplified by proprietary high sensitivity electronics.
ASTM Methods
ATOM Instrument offers the most versatile Total Sulfur analyzers available. The ATOM SLA-1000 has the fastest analysis time of any commercially available analyzer allowing user-defined , multiple cycle averaging to improve analyzer performance. The analyzer operating software is both intuitive and user-friendly. In addition, the ATOM SLA requires only bottled air (no other gases needed for carrier or combustion) during normal operation and does not require installation in a shelter.
The ATOM SLA-1000 is an online process analyzer utilizing patented Excimer UV Fluorescence (EUVF) technology to measure Total Sulfur in a variety of refinery process applications.
The FGA-1000 has the highest dynamic measurement range of any commercially available analyzer, requiring only a single point calibration without the need for additional sample valves, calibration gases or system hardware. It provides complete TRS Data resulting in the total analysis of all sulfur compounds potentially present in flare gas streams, not just the analysis of a few selected sulfur compounds as with GC-type applications.