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CO2 Laser Photoacoustic for Measuring NH3 Gas Concentration on Exhaled Breath of Scavengers on Landfill
Fitri Oktafiani, Rizky Stiyabudi, Wahyu Hendra Gunawan and Mitrayana

Abstract: A CO2 laser photoacoustic spectrometer intracavity configuration has been built and tested. The application was for determining the NH3 gas concentration on exhaled breath of scavengers on the Landfill. The off-line experiment was conducted through non-invasive sample method using exhaled breath. Exhaled breath sample was taken by three daily variations of the morning, mid-day and post-day. The data was analized by multicompound gas method using the software of excel, origin and scilab. The result from the photoacoustic spectrometer intracavity configuration with the strongest frequency resonance(1650±5) Hz at biomarker gas occured on absorption lines 10R14, 10P14 and 10P16. The lowest detection boundary from ammonia is (23.3±0.5) ppbV. The highest ammonia concentration from scavengers was (2904±1) ppbV occured in the early morning and the lowest concentration was (1089±1) ppbV in the post-day. Meanwhile, on healthy volunteers, the highest ammonia concentration was (1676±1) ppbV in the morning and the lowest ammonia concentration was 377±1) ppbV in the mid-day. It shows the contamination of air ambien caused the increasing concentration of biomarker gas in the human body.

How to cite this article
Fitri Oktafiani, Rizky Stiyabudi, Wahyu Hendra Gunawan and Mitrayana , 2017. CO2 Laser Photoacoustic for Measuring NH3 Gas Concentration on Exhaled Breath of Scavengers on Landfill. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 3687-3691.

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