The MIRA Pico N2O/CO is a portable, laser-based, battery-powered ultrasensitive nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon monoxide (CO) real-time gas analyzer, with sub-ppb sensitivity.
The Pico N2O/CO is based on Aeris’ revolutionary, miniature laser-based sensor engine, which achieves sub-ppb sensitivity and accuracy in seconds. Self-powered Pico systems can be uniquely employed for a wide range of fixed, handheld, mobile, and drone applications.
The Pico N2O/CO provides precise, accurate and wide range concentration data via the proven method of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. However, Aeris MIRA Series analyzers uniquely operate in the middle infrared (MIR) region, achieving unparalleled specificity and sensitivity in a compact, low power consumption platform. The ability to simultaneously monitor N2O and CO in real-time with a portable analyzer enables a wide range of field applications previously impractical due to traditional size, weight, power, and cost constraints. The Pico N2O/CO represents a paradigm shift in field-able laser-based gas analysis systems.
Key Features:
- Real-time, sub-ppb/s sensitivity
- Autonomous, built-in calibration for CO
- 1 or 2Hz operation
- GPS ready for creating N2O/CO “maps”
- Built-in wifi, RS-232, and optional analog out
- Lowest, 15W power consumption
- Maintenance-free sensor, user-serviceable filters
- Built-in 6hr battery, built-in sampling pump
- Compact, 2.75kg Lab-In-a-LunchboxTM
Real-Time Ambient and Source Monitoring
CO is an EPA Priority Pollutant as well as proxy for thermo-genic CO2, while nitrous oxide is the #3 GHG that is produced in combustion processes, livestock operations, and activities such as soil fertilisation. The MIRA Pico N2O/CO provides a powerful new tool for field applications of these important species including regional pollution monitoring (CO) and natural gas leak tracer or soil nitrification studies (N2O). As an absorption-based method, MIRA Pico systems achieve high sensitivity and linearity over an extremely wide concentration range, only requiring zeroing to achieve high accuracy as span does not change after initial calibration. To improve accuracy due to slow instrument drift, Pico systems come equipped with two programmable sample ports and associated software that enable differential measurements to be performed autonomously. In many cases, this built-in differential capability effectively reduces or altogether eliminates the need for expensive calibration gases or zero gas generators.
