SBIR Phase II: Reliable low-cost, low-power methane sensors for explosive limit detection

SBIR 第二阶段：可靠的低成本、低功耗甲烷传感器，用于爆炸极限检测

• 批准号: 1632269
• 负责人: Steve Yamamoto
• 金额: $ 74.97万
• 依托单位: Matrix Sensors Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1632269&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Reliable; low

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project in the long term has two main components. First, the development has potential to reduce the country's overall energy consumption by funding the development of low cost air quality sensors for energy efficient buildings. And second, the project will enhance the safety of our natural gas infrastructure with a low cost, low power methane (natural gas) sensor technology. This work will develop a methane (natural gas) sensor prototype with 10x lower cost, size and power consumption than current solutions. The proposed methane sensor will meet several currently unmet needs. These include enhanced public safety by enabling methane leak detection for natural gas distribution systems, and protecting first responders by enabling more and better methane detection in hazardous environments.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop the world's most porous materials, Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a sensing material. MOFs have been an active topic in material science research for over a decade, but they have yet to find a commercial application. This project promises to be the first commercialization of this exciting new class of materials. Nearly 40,000 different MOF structures have been identified to date. The crux of this work is to use a combination of computer models and laboratory experimentation to optimize a MOF structure that selectively and rapidly absorbs methane gas. The end goal of this project is to develop a commercial prototype methane sensor 'on a chip' that consists of a solid state mass transducer with the MOF coating that has been tuned for sensing methane.

从长远来看，这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力具有两个主要组成部分。 首先，该发展有可能通过为低成本空气质量传感器的开发用于节能建筑物来减少该国的整体能源消耗。 其次，该项目将通过低成本，低功率甲烷（天然气）传感器技术来提高我们的天然气基础设施的安全性。 这项工作将开发出比当前解决方案低10倍，大小和功耗10倍的甲烷（天然气）传感器原型。 拟议的甲烷传感器将满足目前未满足的几个需求。 其中包括通过为天然气分配系统实现甲烷泄漏检测来增强公共安全，并通过在危险环境中实现更多更好的甲烷检测来保护急救人员。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）II期项目将开发世界上最多孔的材料，金属有机框架（MOFS（MOFS））作为感应材料。 十多年来，MOF一直是材料科学研究的活跃话题，但他们尚未找到商业应用。 该项目有望成为这种令人兴奋的新材料的首次商业化。 迄今为止，已经确定了将近40,000个不同的MOF结构。 这项工作的症结在于使用计算机模型和实验室实验的组合来优化有选择性和快速吸收甲烷气体的MOF结构。 该项目的最终目标是开发一种商业原型甲烷传感器“芯片上”，该传感器由固态质量传感器组成，该固态质量传感器与已调谐用于传感甲烷的MOF涂层。