CONTINUOUS AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS IN AQUEOUS STREAMS BY A MODIFIED PURGE-AND-TRAP SYSTEM

Schnable, JG; Capangpangan, MB; Suffet, IH

HERO ID

3559582

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1991

Language

English

HERO ID 3559582
In Press No
Year 1991
Title CONTINUOUS AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS IN AQUEOUS STREAMS BY A MODIFIED PURGE-AND-TRAP SYSTEM
Authors Schnable, JG; Capangpangan, MB; Suffet, IH
Journal Journal of Chromatography A
Volume 549
Issue 1-2
Page Numbers 335-344
Abstract A new inexpensive modification approach enabled continuous on-line automatic analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in small (0.1-70 ml/min) sample streams while maintaining all capabilities on a purge-and-trap system. Commerically available automated VOC analyzers require large (liters-per-hour) sample streams. VOCs in laboratory experiments and small sample streams are usually monitored by grab analysis. This paper evaluates the performance of continuously and automatically monitoring VOCs in small sample streams on a modified purge-and-trap system. A 1 ml/min stream with 30 ppb (10(9)) trichloroethane and 260 ppb tetrachloroethene aqueous standards was monitored unattended for 3 days with 2-3% relative standard deviations. The competitive breakthrough of VOCs through liquid chromatography carbon minicolumns was studied.
Doi 10.1016/S0021-9673(00)91444-4
Wosid WOS:A1991FZ55000030
Url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021967300914444
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Dupe Override No
Comments Journal: Journal of Chromatography JOCRAM, Vol. 549, No. 1/2, p 335-344, July 19, 1991. 5 fig, 2 tab, 14 ref. ISSN:
Is Public Yes
Language Text English
Keyword Water Resources Abstracts; Automation; Instrumentation; Measuring instruments; Monitoring; Pollutant identification; Volatile organic compounds; Water quality; Drinking water; Performance analysis; Streamflow; Streams; Tetrachloroethene; Trichloroethane