Herr Guillermo Villena Tapia
Chemie

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H.13.16

0202 439 - 3534

villena[at]uni-wuppertal.de

Biografie

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November 2005 - Present: PhD student of Chemistry, Fachbereich C, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany. Thesis Project: “Development and Application of a new Long Path Absorption Photometer (LOPAP) Instrument for Sensitive Detection of NO2”.

September 2000 – December 2001: Post-degree studies in “Administration and Management in Environmental Studies” (PROGOA), Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

March 1993 - September 2000: Chemistry and B.Sc. in Chemistry careers, Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Thesis Project: "Study of Nitrites and Peroxides in Hydrometeors in Santiago City”.

Titel und Abstract des Dissertationsprojektes

Development of a new Long Path Absorption Photometer (LOPAP) Instrument for the Sensitive Detection of NO2 in the Atmosphere

(Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Peter Wiesen / Priv. Doz. Dr. Jörg Kleffmann)

A compact and simple instrument for the sensitive detection of NO₂ in the atmosphere has been developed. NO₂ is sampled in a stripping coil by a selective chemical reaction, converted into a highly absorbing dye, which is detected by long path absorption in a liquid core waveguide. A set of interferences was quantified in the laboratory which so far can all be neglected. The significant interferences against HONO and O₃ were suppressed by using an upstream HONO/O₃-scrubber. The instrument has a detection limit of 2 pptV, an accuracy of 10 % and a precision of 0.5 % for 3 min time resolution. Thus, the new NO₂-LOPAP technique is more sensitive than known commercial NO₂ instruments. The new analyzer is much simpler to apply than other highly sensitive and selective NO₂ methods, e.g. LIF or REMPI methods. The new instrument allows an absolute calibration that can be easily performed with liquid nitrite standards, which is significant advantage compared with other NO₂ measurement techniques for which NO₂ calibration gas mixtures are typically necessary. The new instrument has been validated against the chemiluminescence technique during an urban field campaign and against the FTIR technique in a smog chamber under complex photosmog conditions. The data sets exhibit high correlation and excellent agreement.

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Publikationen

1. Villena G., Bejan I., Wiesen P., Kurtenbach R., Kleffmann J.: Interferences of commercial NO2 instruments under different conditions, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2012, 5, 149-159.

2. Villena G., Wiesen P., Flocke F., Weinheimer A., Montzka D.,Knapp D., Hall S. R., Ullmann K., Mauldin L., Kosciuch E., McGrath J., Beine H., Staebler R.M., Kleffmann J.: Nitrous acid (HONO) during polar spring in Barrow, Alaska: A net source of OH radicals?, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, 116, D00R07, doi:10.1029/2011JD016643.

3. Villena G., Kleffmann J., Kurtenbach R., Wiesen P., Lissi E., Rubio M.A., Croxatto G., Rappenglück B.: Vertical Gradients of HONO, NOx and O3 in Santiago de Chile, Atmospheric Environment, 2011, 45, 3967-3873.

4. Villena G., Bejan I., Wiesen P., Kurtenbach R., Kleffmann J.: Development of a new Long Path Absorption Photometer (LOPAP) Instrument for the Sensitive Detection of NO2 in the Atmosphere, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2011, 4, 1663-1676.

5. Rubio M.A., Vilches V., Lissi E., Villena G., Elshorbany Y., Kleffmann J, Kurtenbach R., Wiesen P.: Rate of nocturnal ozone depletion in downtown Santiago, Chile, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2011, 20, 1277-1282.

6. Fuchs H., S. M. Ball, B. Bohn, T. Brauers, R. C. Cohen, H.-P. Dorn, W. P. Dubé, J. L. Fry, R. Häseler, U. Heitmann, R. L. Jones, J. Kleffmann,T. F. Mentel, P. Müsgen, F. Rohrer, A. W. Rollins, A. A. Ruth,A. Kiendler-Scharr, E. Schlosser, A. J. L. Shillings, R. Tillmann,R. M. Varma, D. S. Venables, G. Villena Tapia, A. Wahner, R. Wegener,P. J. Wooldridge, and S. S. Brown: Intercomparison of measurements of NO2 concentrations in the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR during NO3Comp campaign, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2010, 3, 21-37.

7. Elshorbany Y., Kleffmann J, Kurtenbach R., Lissi E., Rubio M., Villena G., Gramsch E., Rickard A. R., Pilling M and Wiesen P.: Seasonal dependence of the oxidation capacity of the city of Santiago de Chile, Atmospheric Environment, 2010, 44, 5383-5394.

8. Elshorbany Y., Kleffmann J, Kurtenbach R., Lissi E., Rubio M., Villena G., Gramsch E., Rickard A. R., Pilling M and Wiesen P.: Summertime Photochemical Ozone Formation in Santiago, Chile, Atmospheric Environment, 2009, 43, 6398-6407.

9. Rubio M.A., Lissi E., Villena G., Elshorbany Y., Kleffmann J., Kurtenbach R., Wiesen P.: Simultaneous measurements of Formaldehyde and Nitrous Acid in dews and gas phase in the atmosphere of Santiago, Chile, Atmospheric Environment, 2009, 43, 6106-6109.

10. Elshorbany Y., Kurtenbach R., Wiesen P, Lissi E., Rubio M., Villena G., Gramsch E., Rickard A. R., Pilling M and Kleffmann J.: Oxidation Capacity of the city air of Santiago, Chile, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 9, 2257-2273.

11. Rubio M.A., Lissi E., Villena G.: Factors determining the concentration of nitrite in Santiago of Chile dews, Atmospheric Environment, 2008, 42, 7651-7656.

12. Rubio M.A., Gramsch E., Lissi E., Villena G.: Seasonal dependence of peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) concentrations in downtown Santiago, Chile, ATMOSFERA, 2007, 20, No 4, 319-328.

13. Rubio M.A., Guerrero M.J., Villena G., Lissi E.: Hydroperoxides in dew water in downtown Santiago, Chile. A comparison with gas-phase values, Atmospheric Environment, 2006, 40, 6165-6172.

14. Rubio M.A., Lissi E., Villena G., Caroca V., Gramsch E., Ruiz A.: Estimation of Hydroxyl and Hydroperoxyl radicals concentrations in the urban atmosphere of Santiago, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 2005, 50, No2, 471-475.

15. Rubio M.A., Oyola P., Gramsch E., Lissi E., Pizarro J., Villena G.: Ozone and Peroxyacetylnitrate in downtown Santiago, Chile; Atmospheric Environment, 2004, 38, 4931-4939.

16. Rubio M.A., Alvarado L., Villena G., Pizarro J., Lissi E.: Deposition, Decomposition and Stabilization of Peroxides in Santiago City Dew Waters, The Science of the Total Environment, 2003, 313, 1-3, 115-125.

17. Rubio M. A., Lissi E., Villena G.: Nitrite in rain and dew in Santiago city, Chile. Its possible impact on the early morning start of the Photochemical Smog, Atmospheric Environment, 2002, 36, 293-297.

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