SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Portable Liquid Collection Electrostatic Precipitator
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (DOE Contractor), Savannah River Site, PO Box A, Aiken, SC, 29802
- ZIP Code
- 29802
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-S93-637JD
- Archive Date
- 3/5/2003
- Point of Contact
- Joseph Dugan, Technology Commercialization, Phone 803-725-0848 or 800-228-3843, Fax 803-725-4988,
- E-Mail Address
-
joseph.dugan@srs.gov
- Description
- This is a special notice issued by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. WSRC wishes to determine public interest in licensing for commercial applications a new method and device that collects and concentrates airborne agents in a liquid sample for immediate onsite or subsequent laboratory analysis. The Aerosol-to-Liquid Particle Extraction System (ALPES) is designed to collect chemical agents; radioactive particles; microorganisms such as spores, bacteria, and fungi; and molecules and other substances associated with explosives. The collection efficiency is greater than 90 percent for particles of less then 0.3 micron diameters. ALPES takes advantage of the long-proven use of wet electrostatic precipitation to separate particles from air. The device comprises an ionization section atop a tubular collection electrode enclosed in a column. A pump pulls air through the vertical column at a flow rate of 300 liters a minute. A reservoir at the bottom of the column contains liquid that is pumped up through the inside of the collection tube, which is charged at 8,000 volts. The liquid flows over the top of the charged tube and down the sides, collecting the ionized particles from the outside surface of the tube. Constant recirculation of the liquid through the tube concentrates the collected particles. With minimal pressure drop, the device consumes less then 12 watts of power and operates quietly. ALPES can be wall-mounted for inconspicuous operations in facilities such as hospitals, post offices, convention centers, and stadiums. For more information on the patent-pending ALPES device, contact Joseph P. Dugan via telephone at (803) 725-0848; via fax at (803) 725-4988; via email at joseph.dugan@srs.gov; or via regular mail at Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Building 773-41A, Room #243, Aiken, SC 29808. Responses to this notice should be received by February 18, 2003. This is not a request for a formal subcontract; it is a request for interested parties and licensing opportunities only.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Aiken, South Carolina
- Zip Code: 29808
- Zip Code: 29808
- Record
- SN00240369-W 20030118/030116213417 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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