TY - JOUR
T1 - Industrial online raw materials analyzer based on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
AU - Gaft, Michael
AU - Nagli, Lev
AU - Groisman, Yoni
AU - Barishnikov, Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - From its inception, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been recognized as a prospective tool for online process control. Nevertheless, it took considerable time and effort to transform this potential opportunity into application in a working industrial system, such as the mining industry, under real-life conditions and a 24/7 operating mode. There were three main attributes of LIBS to prove: its advantage over other online techniques, mainly prompt gamma neutron activation analysis and X-ray fluorescence; its ability to give relevant data despite its surface but not volume analytical abilities; and its ability to be sufficiently accurate for online process control needs. Comparison of the quantitative results gained from industrial installations of an LIBS analyzer with results of conventional analytical methods and, most importantly, the substantial improvement of the technological process effectiveness proved that LIBS is in fact an excellent technique for online process control in the mining industry.
AB - From its inception, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been recognized as a prospective tool for online process control. Nevertheless, it took considerable time and effort to transform this potential opportunity into application in a working industrial system, such as the mining industry, under real-life conditions and a 24/7 operating mode. There were three main attributes of LIBS to prove: its advantage over other online techniques, mainly prompt gamma neutron activation analysis and X-ray fluorescence; its ability to give relevant data despite its surface but not volume analytical abilities; and its ability to be sufficiently accurate for online process control needs. Comparison of the quantitative results gained from industrial installations of an LIBS analyzer with results of conventional analytical methods and, most importantly, the substantial improvement of the technological process effectiveness proved that LIBS is in fact an excellent technique for online process control in the mining industry.
KW - Industrial production processes
KW - LIBS
KW - Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
KW - Metallurgy
KW - Mining
KW - Online
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928383069&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1366/13-07382
DO - 10.1366/13-07382
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AN - SCOPUS:84928383069
SN - 0003-7028
VL - 68
SP - 1004
EP - 1015
JO - Applied Spectroscopy
JF - Applied Spectroscopy
IS - 9
ER -