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Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Sensors for First Responders The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Sensors for First Responders Author(s): Chad Huffman, Ph.D., Lars Ericson, Ph.D. Document No.: 246708 Date Received: May 2014 Award Number: 2010-IJ-CX-K024 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally- funded grant report available electronically. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Sensors for First Responders DOJ Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies (SSBT) Center of Excellence (CoE) March 1, 2012 Submitted by ManTech Advanced Systems International 1000 Technology Drive, Suite 3310 Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 Telephone: (304) 368-4120 Fax: (304) 366-8096 Dr. Chad Huffman, Senior Scientist Dr. Lars Ericson, Director UNCLASSIFIED This project was supported by Award No. 2010-IJ-CX-K024, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice. This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Detectors 1 March 2012 Award No. 2010-IJ-CX-K024 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ ii LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................... ii 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................2 2.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................3 2.1 TWG Technology Need - Detection of Hazardous Conditions for First Responders ..3 2.2 About NIJ SSBT CoE ...................................................................................................3 3.0 REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................4 4.0 HIGH INTEREST CHEMICALS.............................................................................................6 5.0 INTRODUCTION TO GAS DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES ..............................................8 5.1 Combustion Sensors (Catalytic Combustion; Catalytic Bead Sensors) ........................9 5.2 Colorimetric Sensors ...................................................................................................10 5.3 Electrochemical Sensors .............................................................................................10 5.4 Thermal Conductivity Sensors ....................................................................................11 5.5 Semiconductor Sensors ...............................................................................................11 5.6 Photo Ionization Detectors (PIDs) ..............................................................................12 5.7 Flame Ionization Detectors (FIDs) .............................................................................12 5.8 Flame Photometry .......................................................................................................13 5.9 Ion Mobility Spectroscopy (IMS) ...............................................................................13 5.10 Light Absorption Based Detectors ............................................................................13 5.10.1 Non-Dispersive Spectroscopy ....................................................................14 5.10.2 Dispersive Spectroscopy ............................................................................14 5.10.3 FTIR ...........................................................................................................15 5.10.4 Photoacoustic IR Spectroscopy..................................................................16 5.11 Gas Chromatography ................................................................................................16 6.0 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DETECTORS ................................................................18 6.1 Market Survey .............................................................................................................18 6.2 Devices of Note...........................................................................................................25 6.2.1 Ahura TruDefender FTG .............................................................................25 6.2.2 Dräger CMS .................................................................................................26 6.2.3 Morphix Chameleon ....................................................................................27 6.2.4 ToxiRAE 3 ...................................................................................................28 6.2.5 AccuSense ....................................................................................................29 7.0 EMERGING/FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES ...........................................................................30 7.1 Nanotechnology Based Sensors ..................................................................................30 7.2 DHS “Cell-All” ..........................................................................................................30 7.3 MEMS Based FTIR ....................................................................................................30 8.0 CONCLUSIONS.....................................................................................................................32 APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND REFERENCES ............................ A-1 A.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................. A-2 A.2 References ............................................................................................................... A-4 i UNCLASSIFIED This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Detectors 1 March 2012 Award No. 2010-IJ-CX-K024 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 6.2.2-1: Dräger CMS ......................................................................................................... 26 Figure 6.2.3-1: Chameleon ........................................................................................................... 27 Figure 6.2.4-1: ToxiRAE 3 ........................................................................................................... 28 Figure 6.2.5-1: AccuSense ............................................................................................................ 29 Figure 7.3-1: ChemPen Concept ................................................................................................... 31 Figure 7.3-2: MEMS Based Interferometer .................................................................................. 31 LIST OF TABLES Table 4.0-1: High Hazard Index Chemicals ................................................................................... 6 Table 4.0-2: Medium Hazard Index Chemicals .............................................................................. 6 Table 4.0-3: Low Hazard Index Chemicals .................................................................................... 7 Table 6.1-1: Market Survey Technology Abbreviations .............................................................. 18 Table 6.1-2: Commercially Available Detectors .......................................................................... 20 ii UNCLASSIFIED This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Assessment of Portable HAZMAT Detectors 1 March 2012 Award No. 2010-IJ-CX-K024 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies (SSBT) Center of Excellence (CoE) has undertaken an assessment of portable hazardous material (HAZMAT) sensors to determine if commercially available devices exist that meet the full range of requirements. When emergency first responders respond to an accident or disaster scene, they often do so without any knowledge of whether they may be entering an area that has potentially harmful or deadly chemical hazards. A small, portable, wearable, and unobtrusive gas detector that could identify and quantify a wide range of hazardous gases would aid the first responders by indicating whether they might inadvertently be entering a hazardous
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