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INTEGRATED REAL-TIME GROUND-WATER/SOIL-GAS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12301
Amount: $491,787.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
8869 S Myrtle
Tempe, AZ 85284
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Scott R Burge
 (602) 231-9000
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Research Institution
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Abstract

AN INTEGRATED GROUND-WATER/SOIL-GAS MONITORING SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND TESTED. THE BASIS OF THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM WILL BE TO PLACE THE VOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOCS) INTO THE SAME SAMPLE FORM, I.E. VOCS IN AN INERT GAS SUCH AS NITROGEN, FOR ANALYSIS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS A GROUND-WATER SAMPLER WILL BE DESIGNED WHICH WILL COLLECT A GROUND-WATER SAMPLE WITHOUT PURGING THE WELLS. THE WATER SAMPLE WILL BE STRIPPED OF VOCS USING A STREAM OF NITROGEN GAS WITHIN THE BODY OF THE SAMPLER. THE VOCS IN A STREAM OF NITROGEN WILL BE CONDUCTED BY PIPING TO THE SURFACE FOR REAL-TIME ANALYSIS BY A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH. THE SAME GAS CHROMATOGRAPH WILL BE USED TO ANALYSIS SOIL-GAS. THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK PLAN WILL INCLUDE DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING AND TESTING THE GROUNDWATER SAMPLER. THE SECOND PART OF THE WORK PLAN WILL INTEGRATE THE GROUND-WATER SAMPLER WITH SOIL-GAS MONITORING WELLS TO CREATE A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM IN WHICH SOIL-GAS DATA MAY BE DIRECTLY CORRELATED WITH GROUND-WATER DATA.

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