Abstract
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 (NH3) gas from the exit stack a 0.1 MWth pilot-scale carbon capture system (CCS) employing a 5 M monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent to scrub CO2 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 NH3 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.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-6-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236974
Funding Information
NASA funding through an R3 EPSCoR award (80NSSC19M0032) and a Kentucky Space Grant Graduate Fellowship award (NNX15AR69H) provided partial support for this research. The APC was funded by MDPI Sensors.
Repository Citation
Schuyler, Travis J.; Irvin, Bradley; Abad, Keemia; Thompson, Jesse G.; Liu, Kunlei; and Guzman, Marcelo I., "Application of a Small Unmanned Aerial System to Measure Ammonia Emissions from a Pilot Amine-CO2 Capture System" (2020). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 171.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_facpub/171
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Sensors, v. 20, issue 23, 6974.
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