Automated Soil Gas Emission Measurement

这项建议的主题是一种测量土壤气体排放(通量)的技术，这是一种研究、政府和工业用户感兴趣的测量方法。目前测量这些排放的行业标准设备是“静态室”--本质上是放置在土壤表面的一个小的倒置的罐子，用于收集土壤排放的气体。静态室已经使用了50年，只有渐进的改进，它们的问题得到了很好的描述。我们正在申请专利的技术与静态室技术相比具有显著的优势，并激起了经验丰富的世界领先加拿大公司Campbell Science Canada Corporation的兴趣。一段关系从2008年底的第一次见面发展起来，后来变得越来越严肃。坎贝尔认为，这项技术可能会成为长期监测土壤气体排放的新行业标准，并有兴趣通过坎贝尔科学集团公司向加拿大和世界各地的市场提供这种探测器。然而，坎贝尔已经确定了商业化的技术障碍。在这项申请中，我们提出了一个健全的工作计划和战略，以及时解决这些问题。在适当的支持下，双方都有信心克服这些障碍，并将一个健全的和商业上可行的产品推向市场。

The subject of this proposal is a technology to measure gas emission (flux) from soils, which is a measurement of interest to research, government, and industrial users. The current industry standard device for measuring these emissions is the 'static chamber' - essentially a small inverted can placed on the soil surface that collects gases emitted from the soil. Static chambers have been used for 50 years with only incremental improvements, and their problems are well characterized. Our patent-pending technology holds significant advantages over static chamber technologies and has piqued the interests of Campbell Scientific Canada Corporation, an experienced world-leading CANADIAN company. A relationship has grown from an initial meeting in late 2008, which has become progressively more serious. Campbell feels that this technology could become a new industry standard in long-term monitoring of soil gas emissions and would be interested in offering the probe to markets in Canada and worldwide via the Campbell Scientific group of companies. Campbell has, however, identified technical barriers to commercialization. In this application, we propose a sound workplan and strategy to address these issues in a timely manner. With appropriate support, both parties are confident that these hurdles will be overcome and a sound and commercially viable product can be moved to market.