Development of a UV Miniaturised Fourier Transform Spectrometer (MicroFTS) for the Detection of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Water

有越来越多的科学和水行业需要获得空间和时间密集的测量水平和分子特征的溶解有机碳（DOC）在水生环境中，特别是在高地集水区，提供了很大比例的英国饮用水。目前市场上用于此目的的基于光谱仪的系统笨重，具有大的功率需求，需要由受过训练的操作员进行频繁的重新校准，并且提供基于隐藏算法的数据，这限制了对所得数据的解释。在这里，我们建议开发一种新的更小，更轻，自校准仪器，结合傅里叶变换光谱法的新颖的简化，和一种新的科学同行评审（和出版）的方法来评估DOC浓度和字符使用CEH的独特的水化学/紫外光谱数据库。在我们接触工业合作伙伴之前，开发将被带到任务准备级别5。我们预计全球水工业和环境科学部门的潜在需求相当大。

There are increasing scientific and water industry needs to acquire spatially and temporally intensive measurements of levels and molecular character of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the aquatic environment, and particularly in upland catchments that provide a large proportion of UK drinking water. Spectrometer-based systems currently on the market for this purpose are cumbersome, have a large power requirement, require frequent recalibration by trained operators and provide data based on hidden algorithms that limit interpretation of the resulting data. Here we propose to develop a new smaller, lighter, and self calibrating instrument, combining novel miniaturisation of Fourier Transform Spectrometry, and a new scientifically peer-reviewed (and published) approach to assessing DOC concentrations and character using CEH's unique water chemistry/UV-spectral database. Development will be taken to Task Readiness level 5, before we approach an industrial partner. We anticipate considerable demand from a potentially global water industrial and environmental scientific sectors.