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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - FIELD PORTABLE GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROMETER - VIKING INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Citation:
Einfeld, W., S. Bender, M. Keenan, S. Thronberg, AND M. Hightower. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION REPORT - FIELD PORTABLE GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROMETER - VIKING INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-97/148 (NTIS PB2001-101680), 1998.
Description:
The performance evaluation of innovative and alternative environmental technologies is an integral part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) mission. Early efforts focused on evaluation technologies that supported the implementation of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. In 1987 the Agency began to demonstrate and evaluate the cost and performance of remediation and monitoring technologies under the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program (in response to the mandate in the Superfund amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1987). In 1990, the U.S. Technology Policy was announced. This policy placed a renewed emphasis on"...making the best use of technology in achieving the national goals of improved quality of life for all Americans, continued economic growth, and national security." In the spirit of the technology policy, the Agency began to direct a portion of its resources toward the promotion, recognition, acceptance, and use of U.S.-developed innovative environmental technologies both domestically and abroad.
In 1995, the EPA conducted a demonstration of two field transportable gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer systems. These technologies can be used for rapid field analysis of organic-contaminated soil, ground water, and soil gas. They are designed to hasten and simplify the process of site characterization and to provide timely, on-site information that contributes to better decision making by site managers. The two-system developers participating in this demonstration were Bruker-Franzen Analytical Systems, Inc. and Viking Instruments Corporation. The purpose of this Environmental Technology Verification Report is document demonstration activities, present demonstration data, and verify the performance of the Viking Instruments Corporation SpectraTrak 672 field transportable GC/MS. Demonstration results from the other system are presented in a separate report.