FORMALDEHYDE DETECTION AND REMOVAL IN DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL
CELL EFFLUENT
Jenna Simandl, Civil Engineering, University of Alabama
Cuong Diep, Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Sidney Stacy, Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
NSF Grant ID No:DUE-0756921 1
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Introduction
Spectroscopy and Perfluorosulfonic acid (PSA) membrane
Acetone Formaldehyde Water Interference
http://www.chem.agilent.com/en-US/products-services/instruments-systems/molecular-spectroscopy/8453-uv-vis-diode-array-system/Pages/photodiode_array_benefits.aspx
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Goal
Collect sufficient amount of data to be able to test the hypothesis that membrane additives can minimize water interference in optical sensing of acetone and formaldehyde
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Tasks
Task 1: Training Task 2: Acetone exposure calibrations Task 3: Repeat for formaldehyde Task 4: Draw conclusions Task 5: Deliverables
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TimelineTask/Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Training
Acetone
Formaldehyde
Conclusions
NSF Paper
Final Paper
Presentation
Final Poster
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Training Received
Literature Review Membrane preparation UV/Vis Spectroscopy
demo Acetone exposure
testing practice
Worrall, A. D., Bernstein, J. A., Angelopoulos, A. P. (2013). “Portable method of measuring gaseous acetone concentrations,” Talanta, Vol. 112, No. 1, pp. 26-30.
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Progress Made
Poster
Presentation
Paper
NSF Paper
Conclusions
Formaldehyde
Acetone
Training
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Percent Complete
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