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On-Site Multiple Pollutant Monitor

Award Information
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Branch: N/A
Contract: 68D70041
Agency Tracking Number: 37921
Amount: $69,760.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.o. Box 380379, 87 Church Street
East Hartford, CT 06138
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr. James R. Markham
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Business Contact
 Dr. Peter R. Solomon
Phone: (203) 528-9806
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Major improvements in process control, compliance monitoring, and environmental decisionmaking could be made if more accurate, less costly, more rugged techniques were available for continuous monitoring of multiple gas phase pollutants. As part of the solution, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is emerging as a promising Field Analytical Method (FAM) for multiple gas monitoring. However, corrosive and particle-laden gas streams foul the optical surfaces in FT-IR extractive gas cells and seriously degrade the performance of the monitor. This leads to reduced performance, and substantial maintenance and down-time. Filtering the gas stream is not a solution because low-level concentrations of organic compound emissions will be influenced. This research project will solve the issue of gas cell optical performance degradation caused by process flows. This project will develop an advanced multi-pass gas cell for a process FT-IR analyzer that will not be fouled by corrosive gases and/or particles. Phase I will demonstrate a prototype gas cell.

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