Hydrogen Purity Analysis by FTIR

PROBLEM Historically, hydrogen has been employed in a variety of industrial chemical processes. Typically, the purity requirements for this hydrogen have tolerated contaminant levels ranging from ppm to low percentages, depending upon the application. The use of hydrogen has now expanded into novel applications such as alternative fuel for use in transportation and stationary electrical generation. These applications demand hydrogen purity levels which place severe demands on the analytical instrumentation employed for gas quality assurance. Thus the development of analytical tools and methods that can simultaneously and accurately detect low levels of multiple contaminants is of critical importance to the implementation of the new energy technologies for transportation and energy generation.