SBIR Phase I: More Effective Power Plant Water Monitoring by Online Microfluidic Electro-Chromatography with Conductivity Detection Technology

SBIR 第一阶段：通过在线微流控电色谱和电导率检测技术更有效地监测电厂水

• 批准号: 1047409
• 负责人: Jonathan Vickers
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Advanced MicroLabs, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1047409&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; More; Effective; Power

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop a prototype online ion monitor for more efficient and cost effective management of water resources in the power industry. The industry currently lacks instrumentation that can both monitor ions below 10 g/L concentrations and be operated in an automated near-real time fashion. Instrumentation that could address this need would allow power plant operators significantly better control of precious ultrapure water resources. This project will create a prototype instrument capable of sub g/L detection of four target anions most interesting to the industry. Advanced MicroLabs, LLC will design, construct, and test an automated prototype device allowing sub g/L detection of target anions free of environmental contamination. Creation of this proof-of-concept prototype would represent a development milestone demonstrating the utility and ultimately allowing on-site testing. The broader/commercial impacts of this research are water quality monitoring through ion analysis has become approximately a $500 million market globally in the power industry alone. Yet there still exists a market need for instrumentation that can both monitor in an automated, online fashion and with low sensitivity. Indeed, the power industry?s research institute, EPRI, has spent $ Millions in research money over the last 10 years, attempting to address this need with limited success. Advanced MicroLabs, LLC offers an alternative technology. Based on industry feedback, the device created in this project would result in more effective water monitoring, providing total annual water savings of 174 Million gallons and cost savings of $522k at a typical power plant

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段项目将开发一个原型在线ION监视器，以对电力行业的水资源进行更有效，更有效的管理。 该行业目前缺乏仪器，既可以监测10 g/L浓度以下的离子，又可以以自动化的近实时方式进行操作。可以满足这一需求的仪器将使电厂运营商可以更好地控制宝贵的超纯水资源。该项目将创建一种原型仪器，能够对四个最有趣的四个目标阴离子进行均衡检测。 Advanced Microlabs，LLC将设计，构建和测试一个自动型原型设备，允许对目标阴离子进行亚G/L检测，而无需环境污染。创建此概念验证原型将代表一个发展里程碑，该里程碑证明了实用性，并最终允许现场测试。这项研究的更广泛/商业影响是通过离子分析进行水质监测，仅在全球范围内，全球范围内就将成为大约5亿美元的市场。 然而，仍然存在市场需求，可以以自动化的在线方式和低灵敏度监视。 确实，电力行业的研究所EPRI在过去十年中花费了数百万美元的研究资金，试图以有限的成功来满足这一需求。 Advanced Microlabs，LLC提供了另一种技术。 根据行业反馈，该项目中创建的设备将导致更有效的水量监测，从而在典型的电厂提供每年节省的1.74亿加仑，成本节省为522k美元