Identification of trace levels of VOCs in exhaust emissions, tyres & vehicle interiors, enabling chemical fingerprinting
Emissions Analytics
An analytical system, custom-built by a team at SepSolve, is
being used in vehicle emissions tests by Emissions Analytics to carry out
whole-vehicle analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from exhausts,
vehicle interiors and tyres. This flexible testing approach is aimed at
determining how vehicles as a whole impact the environment.
- Customer:
Emissions Analytics, UK
- Application:
Automotive emissions
- Challenge:
Overcoming sample complexity, diverse matrices and
trace-level species
- Solution:
Setting up a system consisting of a thermal desorber with
INSIGHT-GCxGC and BenchTOF mass spectrometer, electron capture detector and
flame ionisation detector
- Results:
Identification of trace levels of VOCs in exhaust emissions,
tyres and vehicle interiors, enabling chemical fingerprinting