APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Explosion hazard warning system for buildings Natural gas leak detector for residential or commercial buildings Portable gas detector, e.g., cell phone application Hydrogen leak detector or toxic emission prevention for automobile industry ADVANTAGES: Real time, accurate detection of nearly any concentration of a hazardous gas … [Read more...] about Compact Microchip Gas Sensor JIB-2689
Behind Casing Fluid Sampler to Monitor Groundwater at Hydraulic Fracturing Operations IB- 2013-087
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Monitoring groundwater quality at hydraulic fracturing operations Well integrity monitoring ADVANTAGES: Enables cost effective monitoring Stand alone design Samples material behind casing without halting wellbore production Identifies problematic cement seals in wellbore casing ABSTRACT: Barry Freifeld of Berkeley Lab … [Read more...] about Behind Casing Fluid Sampler to Monitor Groundwater at Hydraulic Fracturing Operations IB- 2013-087
Optical Sedimentation Recorder (OSR) for Tracking the Ocean’s Carbon Flux IB-2196
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: In appearance and size similar to a compressed gas cylinder, the OSR is a multi-platform instrument that: Precisely measures the ocean’s hourly variations of sedimentation of particulate inorganic and organic carbon material for seasons to years Combines these measurements in real time (transmitting data via satellite), enabling a … [Read more...] about Optical Sedimentation Recorder (OSR) for Tracking the Ocean’s Carbon Flux IB-2196
Low-Field NMR/MRI Using Rotating-Frame Gradient Fields IB-2288
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Portable MRI of: Oil fields at any depth, for MRI devices that can be sent into the borehole Joints, brain, prostate, heart, lungs (may be used with hyperpolarized noble gas) Water content of soil and its distribution Surface measurements (maps) of skin and other biological tissue Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in low … [Read more...] about Low-Field NMR/MRI Using Rotating-Frame Gradient Fields IB-2288
Miniature Airborne Particle Mass Monitors IB-1850, 2149 IB-2149
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: BERKELEY LAB MINIATURIZED SENSOR Monitoring occupational settings, industrial and environmental pollution, nanoparticle emissions, ventilation systems, sputter coating processes, and health effects Building smart respirators and asthma/allergy warning devices Replacing particle number counters such as optical counters and … [Read more...] about Miniature Airborne Particle Mass Monitors IB-1850, 2149 IB-2149