Sensors & Electronics
Awards & Recognition
R&D 100 Awards
1995 - Microwave Plasma Continuous Emissions Monitor
Developers: Jeffrey E. Surma (joint entry with Paul Woskov, David Rhee, Dan Cohn of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles Titus of T&R Associates in Wayne, Pennsylvania)
This device monitors potentially hazardous emissions from incinerators and other waste treatment systems. It can identify heavy metals and other contaminants at the part-per-billion level on a continuous basis. It is extremely sensitive, yet tough enough to withstand adverse conditions found in high temperature systems.
Excerpted from PNNL R&D 100 webpage.