Multiagent MINICAMS Performance and Dependability Evaluation
Abstract
Two multiagent MINICAMS were challenged in a laboratory setting with HD, GB, and VX at concentrations equivalent to sampling air at 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 times TWA for each agent. Both instruments demonstrated LOQ quantities well below 1 TWA equivalent for all three agents. The MINICAMS were then installed in a mobile laboratory and field tested by injecting GB standards into a 75 foot heated sampling line inside a storage igloo. Sixty four sets of data were collected on each instrument over an 8 day period in which the mobile lab was intermittently driven over rough roads. Monitoring of chemical storage depots incorporates a combination of bubblers, blue band detector tubes, and M8/M8A1 automatic chemical detectors. These methods suffer from expense, time, sensitivity and selectivity restraints. A potential solution to upgrade current monitoring procedures is to use Miniature Automatic Continuous Air Monitor Systems (MINICAMS) mounted in a mobile vehicle with heated sample lines that would be inserted into a chemical munition storage igloo. Concentration readings and alarm conditions are indicated on the liquid crystal display (LCD) and can be transmitted to a dual pen recorder, a printer, a floppy disk drive, and a remote computer.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 17, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA247965
Entities
People
- Ronald D. Hoffman
- Ronald W. Wise
- Shirley A. Scott
- Timothy J. Mcgauley