Projects
We have been and continue to be involved in the research and development of many large scale research and commercial instruments. Several of the instruments have been detectors for IR gas sensing, either for natural gas or medical applications. Another example is the laser calibration system for major US DOE basic high energy physics experiments and other related experiments around the world. Current activity focuses on the development of very low power IR handheld gas detection sensors and related technologies, especially high-precision spectroscopic techniques utilizing birefringent tunable Lyot style filters. We have also produced NDIR instruments, ellipsometers and scatterometers, magneto-optic measurement equipment, laser based instruments and are collaborating on novel signal processing techniques for fault detection and electrical energy conservation, such as Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring (NIALM) for facilities tracking and electrical utility industries.
Sensit® Portable Methane DetectorCurrently in production by Sensit® Technologies under sponsorship of OTD, GTI, and GRI is a Portable hand-held Methane Detector – the PMD – which allows leak surveys with reduced maintenance costs, high accuracy, selectivity and all-optical autoranging from ppm levels to 100% gas. A large portion of gas system infrastructure must be inspected on foot, and the lightweight battery operated PMD is particularly suited to walking surveys. |
Optical Methane Detector
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Nitrous Oxide Monitor
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Nonintrusive Load Monitoring
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