SBIR-STTR Award

An electrostatic precipitation-based aerosol collector will be designed, constructed, tested, and fine-tuned with the aim of demonstrating the practicality of a low-power system capable of sampling air at a rate of >500 liters/minute and collecting therefrom >80% of particles 1-10 microns in size into a small volume [<10 ml] of an aqueous medium. The collector will be marketed for wide distribution among military and civilian personnel and for other defensive and domestic preparedness needs. The improved bio-aerosol collector that will result from this R&D will greatly strengthen the military and civilian defense capabilities against biological warfare agents and will therefore have widespread commercial applications.

Keywords:
BIO-AEROSOL COLLECTION, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DETECTION , ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION, AEROSOL SAMPLING

Efficient aerosol collectors are needed to help detect very low concentrations of lethal pathogens, such as Anthrax bacilli, in air. Although existing wetted wall cyclone aerosol collectors can remove a substantial fraction of particulates from a large vo...

Keywords:
CONCENTRATOR BIOLOGICAL COLLECTOR AEROSOL COLLECTOR AEROSOL SAMPLING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING PATHOG