E-Smart System for In-Situ Detection of Environmental Contaminants

Leffler, S.

USDOE Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Falls, ID

关键词: Specifications Environmental Systems Management, Analysis And Reporting Network;    Configuration;    Communications;    Environmental Systems Management, Analysis And Reporting Network;    Communication Protocols;   

DOI  :  10.2172/765368
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID/13352
RP-ID  :  FC07-95ID13352
RP-ID  :  765368

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A team of industrial, academic, and government organizations participated in the development of the Environmental Systems Management, Analysis and Reporting Network (E-SMART). E-SMART integrates diverse monitoring and control technologies by means of a modular, ''building block'' design approach to allow for flexible system configuration. The E-SMART network treats each smart device-whether a sensor, sampler, or actuator- as a black box that obeys the standard communication protocols and electrical interfaces for the network. This approach allows multiple vendors to produce different sensors which meet the same functional specification and which can be interchanged on the network without affecting operation. The project further developed and advanced the E-SMART standardized network protocol to include new sensors, sampling systems, and graphical user interfaces. Specifically, the E-SMART team developed the following three system elements: (1) Base technology for a new class of smart , highly sensitive, chemically-specific, in-situ, multichannel microsensors utilizing integrated optical interferometry technology, (2) A set of additional E-SMART-compatible sensors adapted from commercial off-the-shelf technologies, and (3) A Data Management and Analysis System (DMAS), including network management components and the user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) for data evaluation and visualization.