Department of Energy Project

Downhole Raman analyzer for soil gases at discrete depths.

Soil gas concentration data are critically important for assessing regions of the surface and subsurface as part of developing a more accurate understanding of subsurface biogeochemical processes, production of gaseous end products, their relationship to microbe-catalyzed pathways of interest, and eventual release to the atmosphere across the subsurface-land surface interface. 

Mesa Photonics will develop a soil gases analyzer based on fiber optics for measuring carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen, nitrogen, moisture and hydrogen. 

Contact: dbomse@mesaphotonics.com