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DEMONSTRATION BULLETIN: SITE CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS PENETROMETER SYSTEM (SCAPS) LIF SENSOR - U.S. ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE (TRI-SERVICES)
Citation:
Hess, E. AND D. Hamilton. DEMONSTRATION BULLETIN: SITE CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS PENETROMETER SYSTEM (SCAPS) LIF SENSOR - U.S. ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE (TRI-SERVICES). EPA/540/MR-95/520, 1995.
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The Tri-Services Site Characterization Analysis Penetrometer System (SCAPS) was developed by the U.S. Army (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station [WES] and the Army Environmental Center [AEC]), Navy (Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center), and the Air Force (Armstrong Laboratory). The SCAPS program is developing a variety of downhole sensors. This demonstration examined the laser induced fluorescence (LIF) sensor used for petroleum detection. The U.S. Army holds a patent for the use of a sapphire window to transmit and return incident laser light and contaminant induced fluorescence. The LIF system used in the SCAPS system was modified from a design developed by the Navy to detect petroleum, oil, and lubricant fluorescence in seawater.