Groundwater monitoring system and method

Details Groundwater monitoring system and method Groundwater monitoring system and method

2008-02-05

2009-02-03

Stafira, Michael P (Department: 2886)

Optics: measuring and testing

For light transmission or absorption

Of fluent material

C356S432000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07486398

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for monitoring toxic chemicals in groundwater includes the use of a groundwater vaporizer and a CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy) block. The CRDS block includes a three-mirror ring down cavity in which a fiber is coupled to a top prismatic mirror in order to permit vertical entry of a laser beam. One of the mirrors can be piezo-electrically tuned so that the ring down cavity is in resonance with the laser beam and a third mirror includes a read out detector to measure the laser beam intensity. Vapors from the groundwater vaporizer pass through vapor inlet channels, which include a permeable membrane in order to permit vapors to flow into the ring down cavity. The system monitors, for example, trichloroethylene (TCE) concentrations and other chemicals present in groundwater utilizing data transmitted from the read out detector.

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