SBIR Phase I: High Accuracy Trace Gas Sensor for Remote Sites

第一阶段小型企业创新研究第一阶段旨在开发一种近红外激光光谱仪，用于检测北极地区的一氧化碳、二氧化碳和甲烷，作为污染物传输的指标。该仪器将是第一个低成本、远程操作、高灵敏度、高精度的传感器，能够连续获取、存储和传输数据，而无需现场校准。它将在CO测量的准确性方面取得重大进展，从而通过允许在遥远的实地地点之间进行多年研究和比较，加强对污染迁移到北极的研究。它将使大气化学和北极气候科学界能够生成准确可靠的全球污染生成、化学和传输模型。 该仪器可用作肺窘迫检测的医学诊断。它还将使发电厂和其他工业运营能够提高其烟囱的效率，从而减少排放并提高生产力。

This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Phase I aims to develop a near-infrared, laser-based spectroscopy instrument for detecting carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and methane in the Arctic as indicators of pollution transport. This instrument will be the first low-cost, remotely operated,high-sensitivity, high-accuracy sensor capable of continuously obtaining, storing, and transmitting data without the need for on-site calibration. It will achieve a significant advance in the accuracy of CO measurements, thereby enhancing studies of pollution transport into the Arctic by allowing multi-year studies and comparisons between distant field sites. It will enable the atmospheric chemistry and Arctic climate scientific communities to generate accurate and reliable models of global pollution generation,chemistry, and transport. This instrument can be used as a medical diagnostic for pulmonary distress detection. It will also enable power plants and other industrial operations to improve the efficiency of their stacks, thereby decreasing emissions and increasing productivity.