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ACT In Situ Hydrocarbon Sensors Customer Needs and Use Assessment.....................................................22
14. Do you plan on acquiring new commercial sensors within the next 2 years?
If yes, will you consider a different sensor type than the one you are currently using
to measure hydrocarbons?
Users:
• Need to improve sensitivity
• Yes, some of the sensors used in our field trials have had poor performance. Also
we would like to augment our current systems with other sensors to validate the
current sensor responses.
• Yes, technology and requirements of the mission have changed
• Different sensor cannot be too far different that current in-situ ones due to
operational requirements.
• Depends on the grant received
• Our present systems do not excite deep enough in the UV.