SBIR Phase I: Inexpensive High-Performance Carbon Dioxide Environmental Monitor

SBIR 第一阶段：廉价的高性能二氧化碳环境监测仪

• 批准号: 0710823
• 负责人: Jeffrey Pilgrim
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: VISTA PHOTONICS, INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0710823&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Inexpensive; Performance; Carbon

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project will determine the performance and operating specifications for an inexpensive laser spectrometer suitable for high-precision detection of carbon dioxide in the environment. Carbon dioxide is the major contributor to greenhouse gas build-up in the atmosphere and is effecting global climate change. It is important to measure small changes on the large atmospheric background concentration. The new sensor will be about the size of a can of soda and provide parts-per-billion (ppb) CO2 sensitivity in a few seconds. The fully developed rugged prototypes will be suitable for long-term detection of carbon dioxide in environmental field applications. The significantly improved price point will enable widespread distribution of these sensors for atmospheric measurement applications without sacrificing performance for price.This will enable more widely distributed measurements of anthropogenic greenhouse gases that are leading to global climate change. The basic technology shall extend to other trace gas detection applications including biomedical breath diagnosis. Additional applications abound in detection of other environmental species important to health, occupational safety, and global warming. This research project will result in sensors that are smaller, less expensive, and more rugged than competing technologies.

这项小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段研究项目将确定适用于高精度检测环境中二氧化碳的廉价激光光谱仪的性能和操作规范。二氧化碳是大气中温室气体积聚的主要贡献者，并正在影响全球气候变化。测量大气背景浓度的微小变化是非常重要的。新的传感器大约有一罐苏打水大小，几秒钟内就能提供十亿分之几(Ppb)的二氧化碳灵敏度。完全开发的坚固耐用的原型将适用于环境领域应用中的二氧化碳长期检测。显著提高的价位将使这些传感器能够在不牺牲价格的情况下广泛分布于大气测量应用中，这将使对导致全球气候变化的人为温室气体进行更广泛的测量。基本技术将扩展到其他痕量气体检测应用，包括生物医学呼吸诊断。在检测对健康、职业安全和全球变暖至关重要的其他环境物种方面，其他应用比比皆是。这项研究项目将导致传感器比竞争对手的技术更小、更便宜、更坚固。