SBIR Phase I: Real-time Monitor to Detect Waterborne Contaminants

SBIR第一阶段项目将开发一种解决方案，用于在用水循环的特定节点实时监测污染物。 该公司将采用成熟的传感器技术，石英晶体微量天平，以检测化学和生物污染物。 石英晶体微量天平使用化学受体来结合目标污染物，无论是单个物种还是群体。 Quansor已开发出多种无机（尤其是汞和砷）杀虫剂、神经毒剂和生物制剂的化学受体。 待开发的系统将使用2个平行运行的石英天平。 它将解决结垢和其他干扰的潜在问题。 该项目将开发克服这一问题的手段，使监测器能够在地表水和地下沃茨作业，该项目的更广泛/商业影响将是清除供水中的污染物。 9000万美国人暴露在来自公共供应的自来水中的某种程度的砷和汞。 该项目将优化处理方案的成本效益和其他环境影响，以确保高水平的砷去除。

This SBIR Phase I project will develop a solution to real-time monitoring of contaminants at specific nodes in the water use cycle. The company will employ a proven sensor technology, the quartz crystal microbalance, to detect chemical and biological contaminants. The quartz crystal microbalance uses chemical receptors to bind target contaminants, either individual species or in groups. Quansor has developed chemical receptors for a wide range of inorganic (especially mercury and arsenic) pesticides and nerve agents and biologicals. The system to be developed will use 2 quartz balances operating in a parallel fashion. It will address potential problems of fouling and other interferences. The project will develop the means to overcome that problem and enable monitors to operate in surface and ground waters.The broader/commercial impact of the project will be the removal of contaminants from the water supply. Ninety million Americans are exposed to some level of arsenic and mercury in their tap water from public supplies. The project will optimize the cost efficiency and other environmental impacts on the effectiveness of treatment options to ensure a high level of arsenic removal.