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7.3 Hardware Overview and Technical Specifications
7.3.1
Overview
3DATX Corporation develops and manufactures next generation emissions measurement technologies for
the transportation and power generation markets. We manufacture a range of accurate, low-cost, and
ultra-lightweight portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS) that make field testing, industry and
academic research, and compliance screening practical on a mass scale.
The 3DATX parSYNC® iPEMS (integrated Portable Emissions Measurement System) and CA/GE™
(particulate calibrator & generator) equipment series provide an extensive utility and range of
applications in the developing requirements of Real Driving Emissions (RDE).
The lightweight (4kg) parSYNC® utilizes multiple miniaturized sensors, packaged in patented, replaceable
cartridges, designed to obtain real-time particulate matter and particulate number (PM/PN) performance
data from both diesel and gasoline engines.
The advanced parSYNC® PLUS RDE unit, in addition to particulate measurement, also incorporates a
removable GasMOD™ Sensor Cartridge for NO, NO
Most importantly, parSYNC® comes with a user-friendly software suite. The Graphic User Interface (GUI)
has been designed to be intuitive – significantly reducing field training time. Post-processing data software
helps to eliminate many of the bottlenecks associated with teasing out meaningful data from the
numbers.
7.3.2
Next Generation: iPEMS
3DATX has developed the iPEMS self-contained solution platform. Ii{Eless than 5kg – including power
supply, and having the ability – at a minimum – to measure Particulates, NO, NO
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Criteria Pollutants as option-able. Our instrumentation is designed to be
referenced against a traditional 1065 PEMS as well as traditional laboratory protocols. It provides a single
technician or operator with the ability to hand-carry a device through airport security and into the field,
to deploy and test within an hour of arrival to the test site, and to pack up and travel home within an hour
of finishing the last test. A significant advantage of the 3DATX iPEMS design is the Modular Sensor
Cartridge design.
7.3.3
Modular Sensor Cartridge Advantage: Particulates and Gases
The 3DATX parSYNC® PLUS unit builds upon our core platform by incorporating both the Particulates
(PM/PN) Sensor Cartridge offered in the parSYNC® and replaceable gaseous module (GasMOD™)
cartridge combinations (e.g. NO/NO
internal combustion engines. The small, easily replaceable Cartridges allow for field units to remain field
deployed for continuous testing, re-calibration, and virtually limitless emissions data acquisition.
• Particulate Measurements - (PM/PN Cartridge)
The parSYNC® measures undiluted emissions using the response of three dissimilar particulate sensors.
The sensors are sensitive to different histogram particle size fractions:
Sensor
Ionization
Opacity
Scattering
, CO, CO
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/CO
, NO
/CO
/CO, etc.) to obtain gaseous data from all types of
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Greatest Sensitivity
Ultra-fine/Fine particulates, typically 0.01 to 1 micron
Overall particulates, typically 0.1 to 10+ microns, peak@0.8microns
Coarse particulates, typically 0.3 to 10+ microns, peak@3.5microns
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, etc.
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and CO
, with other
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