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http://dx.doi.org/10.5369/JSST.2020.29.2.128

Total Organic Carbon Analysis Chip Based on Photocatalytic Reaction  

Kim, Seung Deok (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Jung, Dong Geon (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Kwon, Soon Yeol (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Choi, Young Chan (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Lee, Jae Yong (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Koo, Seong Mo (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
Kong, Seong Ho (School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National Unversity)
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Journal of Sensor Science and Technology / v.29, no.2, 2020 , pp. 128-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
Total organic carbon (TOC) analysis equipment, which was previously used to prevent eutrophication in advance, is heavy, bulky, and expensive; therefore, so it is difficult to be carried and has been used as an experimental unit. In this study, a through-carbon analysis chip that integrates pretreatment through photocatalytic oxidation and carbon dioxide measurement using a pH indicator was investigated. Both the total carbon - inorganic carbon method and the nonpurgeable organic carbon (NPOC) measurement method require an acidification part for injecting an acid solution for inorganic carbon measurement and removal, an oxidation part for total carbon or NPOC oxidation and a measurement part for Carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement. Among them, the measurement of oxidation and CO2 requires physical technology. The proposed TOC analysis chip decomposed into CO2 as a result of the oxidizing of organic carbon using a photocatalyst, and the pH indicator that was changed by the generated CO2 was optically measured. Although the area of the sample of the oxidation part and the pH indicator of the measurement part were distinguished in an enclosed space, CO2 was quantified by producing an oxidation part and a measurement part that shared the same air in one chip. The proposed TOC analysis chip is less expensive and smaller, cost and size are disadvantages of existing organic carbon analysis equipment, because it does not require a separate carrier gas to transport the CO2 gas in the oxidation part to the measurement part.
Keywords
Total Organic Carbon; Photocatalyst; Photocatalytic-reaction; Eutrophication;
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