NSF Award Abstract - #0120000| NSF Award Abstract - #0120000 |
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| NSF Org | CTS |
| Latest Amendment Date | September 5, 2001 |
| Award Number | 0120000 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
CTS DIV OF CHEMICAL AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ENG DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING |
| Start Date | September 1, 2001 |
| Expires | December 31, 2002 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $99929 (Estimated) |
| Investigator | David R. Crosley drc@mplvax.sri.com (Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
SRI International 333 Ravenswood Avenue Menlo Park, CA 940253493 650/859-3571 |
| NSF Program | 1407 COMBUSTION AND PLASMA SYSTEMS |
| Field Application | 0308000 Industrial Technology |
| Program Reference Code | 1689,1694,9187,EGCH, |
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.
