Robotic soil sampler for hazardous waste clean up

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5183322

Jaselskis, E J

An innovative field sampling system using LA-ICP-AES (laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma -- atomic emission spectrometry) technology is currently being developed through an integrated team approach at Ames Laboratory to provide in-situ, real time analysis of inorganic hazardous waste. This sampling approach is conducted through a mobile testing facility which consists of an instrumentation vehicle called the Mobile Demonstration Laboratory for Environmental Screening Technologies (MDLEST), and an attached trailer called the Robotic Sampling Accessory (RSA). The RSA provides automated sampling capabilities through an attached three-degree-of-freedom robot that will be equipped with surface and subsurface sampling probes. The probes are currently being designed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of engineers and scientists at Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, and Lockheed. This system is expected to improve sample quality assurance, reduce sampling time and cost, and improve worker safety. Limitations and future areas of research for the MDLEST-RSA are also discussed.

• Research Organization: Ames Lab., IA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-82
• OSTI ID: 5183322
• Report Number(s): IS-M-703; CONF-9206157-1; ON: DE92012693
• Resource Relation: Conference: 9. international symposium on automation and robotics in construction, Tokyo (Japan), 3-5 Jun 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
DETECTION
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
SOILS
SAMPLING
ABLATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MANIPULATORS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
PROBES
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
REMEDIAL ACTION
ROBOTS
EQUIPMENT
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LASERS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
SOLID STATE LASERS
420203* - Engineering- Handling Equipment & Procedures
540220 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)