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LOW COST, VERSATILE INSTRUMENTATION FOR IMPROVED PROCESS CONTROL.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7692
Amount: $489,156.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
87 Church Street
East Hartford, CT 06118
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Philip W Morrison Jr
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Business Contact
 DR PETER R SOLOMON
Phone: (203) 528-9806
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MANY ENERGY INTENSIVE PROCESSES IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ON-LINE MONITORING. THIS ENSURES OPERATOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AS WELL AS PROPER OPERATION OF THE PLANT. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS A GREAT NEEDFOR DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS FOR MULTIPHASE MEDIA WHICH CAN FUNCTION IN DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS. THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I AND PHASE II PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID, RUGGED, AND AUTOMATED FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FT-IR) SPECTROMETER FOR MONITORING PROCESS STREAMS. THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL MODIFY AN EMISSION AND TRANSMISSION METHOD TO MEASURE CONCENTRATIONS AND TEMPERATURES OF PARTICLES AND GAS SPECIES. THE SENSITIVITY OF THE FT-IR TO IMPORTANT SPECIES LIKE CO, CO(2), SO(2), NO(X), HC1, POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS, SOOT, UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS, PARTICLES, FURANS, AND OTHERS WILL BE DETERMINED. THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WILL THEN BE DEMONSTRATED ON A COAL COMBUSTION FACILITY. THE RESULTS OF THESE MEASUREMENTS WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR A MONITORING INSTRUMENT.

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