General Description
The AP4C-VB is designed for the detection of Biological warfare agents Chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial materials for temporary fixed site locations and missions aboard vehicles including UAVs, UGVs & UMV’s. AP4C-VB uses the flame spectrophotometry technology (FPD), which allows safe reliable detection of chemical simple elements or bonds within molecules. Therefore well-known biological agents, all nerve agents, all blister agents, all blood agents, numerous choking agents, and toxic industrial materials can be simultaneously detected by this technology. Lists of detectable Biological Warfare Agents, Chemical Warfare Agents, TICs are on request. Thanks to its size and simplicity of integration and use, AP4C-VB can easily be fitted to numerous applications and will achieve its mission with no difficulty. AP4C-VB meets battlefield equipment environmental standards.
Technical Description
Flame Spectrometry Technology (FPD) AP4C-VB analyzes airborne gas, aerosols and particles. These materials are burned in a hydrogen flame, emitting specific light, which is analyzed in real time. Detection results are displayed in type of detected and concentration. Chemical detection at atomic elements or chemical bonds show specific light emission spectrum, like Phosphorus, Sulfur, Arsenic, H-N-O, Potassium,Sodium, Calcium and other elements that can be detected. FPD allows detection of an unlimited number of gases, unrefined, precursors, derivatives or Non Traditional Agents.
Numerous advantages of FPD technology:
- No limitation of the number of molecules that can be detected
- No need for the exact molecule to give an alarm. Mixed products, unrefined products, precursors, derivatives and Non Traditional Agents can be detected
- No filter and no membrane therefore no risk of clogging
- Very short recovery time after a positive detection
- Insensitivity to environment (dust, diesel exhausts, high humidity rate)
- Very few interferents compared with other technologies
- Reduced maintenance
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- Continuous operation with no defined runs
- System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no
- defined tests/samples
- 10-20 minutes is required for set-up
- Automatic detection
LOGISTICS:
- Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
- Approximately the size of a toaster
- Between 1 and 5 kg
- Wireless and wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 4-8 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from -21°C to 41°C
- This system does not require consumable components
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Greater than 3 years shelf life
- Greater than 10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system or device is currently fully autonomous
- The system software is closed and not available for modification
- The system hardware is open but modification requires licensing
DETECTION:
- Good specificity. System has a consistently low level of false
- alarms (2-5%)
- Spore lysis not necessary for detection by system
- < 1x10-6 mg/m3
- 1 ppb - 1 ppm
- System currently can identify aerosolized chemical agent
- System currently can identify liquid chemical agent
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