Teaming to Enable University Research on Hazardous Emissions Through New Instrumentation and Student Internships

这是一个为期一年的计划活动，旨在发展佐治亚理工学院、路易斯安那州立大学、环境保护署和SRI国际的研究小组之间的协作工作关系。目的是开发和演示一种喷气- rempi（共振增强多光子电离）仪器，用于分析燃烧副产物排放的环境危害，如二恶英、呋喃和多环芳烃（PAHs）。在LSU， GIT和EPA的不同研究中，目前对这些化学物质的分析方法非常耗时，一次分析需要长达一个月的时间。相比之下，SRI的jet-REMPI设备可以在几秒钟内分析低水平的简单氯化碳氢化合物。将这种技术应用于研究环境将消除环境化学若干领域进展的主要障碍。

This is a one-year planning activity to develop a collaborative working relationship among research groups at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Louisiana State University, the Environmental Protection Agency, and SRI International. The objective is the development and demonstration of a jet-REMPI (resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization) instrument for analyzing combustion byproduct emissions that are environmental hazards such as dioxins, furans, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Current methods of analysis for these chemicals in the different and disparate research studies at LSU, GIT, and EPA are very time consuming, requiring up to a month for a single analysis. In contrast, SRI's jet-REMPI device can analyze low levels of simple chlorinated hydrocarbons in seconds. Adaptation of this technique to the research environment will remove a major impediment to progress in several areas of environmental chemistry.