Propulsion and Power Rapid Response R&D Support. Delivery Order 0013: Micro Gas Chromatography Tradeoff Study
Abstract
This effort seeks to extend the effort of the Dec. 2002 DARPA Workshop on Micro Gas Analyzers (MGAs) to focus on the application of a Micro Gas Chromatograph (MGC). The primary goal of this study is to project MGA capabilities in terms of goals for compactness, sensitivity, selectivity, false positives avoidance, analysis time, and energy-per-analysis (less than and equal to 2 cu cm, less than and equal to 10 ppt, greater than and equal to 15 target compounds, false positive rate less than and equal to 1/288,000, less than and equal to 3 s, and less than and equal to 1 J/analysis). Secondary objectives include identification, exploration, and quantification of associated tradeoffs among such capabilities and facilitation of such quantification with the inclusion of easy-to-use mathematical modeling tools running on Excel. Technical hurdles which might accompany MGA development are discussed, and a methodology to overcome them is presented.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA425798
Entities
People
- Gary Eden
- Greg Frye-mason
- Richard Sacks
- Robert E. Synovec
- Ulrich Bonne
Organizations
- Honeywell International, Inc.