TRACERLAB TRACERLAB offers a wide range of development, engineering and production of instruments, such as sampling-, sample preparation- and measuring systems, mainly to be used Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies in the field of the Environmental- and Radiation Protection, including the instruments for the determination of natural radiation, Radon/Thoron and its Progenies, in the air, in the soil or in water. Quality and Technology - Made in Germany - TRACERLAB GmbH Aachener Str. 1354 50859, Koeln, Germany Tel.: +49 – (0) 2234 - 942397 Fax.: +49 – (0) 2234 - 942398 E-mail: asktracerlab@tracerlab.com Internet: www.tracerlab.com Environmental-Protection Radiation-Protectio Nuclear Engineering Helath-Physics Page - 1 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies Presentation of the New Generation of Radon – Monitors – 2014-06 All of the presented single- or dual-channel Instruments are equipped with an intelligent Alpha-Spectroscopy-System with integrated MCA, 256 channel, ADC, Pre- and Main-Amplifier 1 > ERS/RM-1000/250, small and light weight Radon/Thoron-Monitor 2 > ERS-2-S, Radon/Thoron-Monitor with a large counting chamber 3 > Alpha-Scintillation-Counting-System – Alpha-Scint-1 4 > Sample preparation for the determination of Ra-226 (Emanation-Method) 5 > The Determination of the Radon/Thoron-Progeny-Concentration 6 > BWLM-PLUS-S, single-channel Radon/Thoron-Progeny-Monitor 7 > BWLM-PLUS-2S, dual-channel Radon/Thoron-Progeny-Monitor 8 > ERS/RDM-2S, dual-channel Radon/Thoron- and Progeny Monitor 9 > Special application, Automatic Step Filter system, high power pump 10 > PC- and Panel-TPC-Application Software examples Page - 2 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS/RM-1000/250 Small Size and light weight Radon / Thoron Gas Monitor The ERS/RM-1000/250 is an active and direct reading Electrostatic Radon/Thoron Gas-Monitor, has a counting-chamber of 250 ml volume and is made for the determination of the Radon/Thoron-Gas Concentration in the air, or from the soil. The ERS/RM-1000/250 is a self contained instrument with all elements of an intelligent data collection with an alpha- spectroscopy-system. The standard version of the ERS/RM- 1000/250 has a 4-line LCD and the advanced version of ERS/RM-1000/250 has a Panel-TPC for the communication, ERS/RM-1000/250 evaluation of results and data-storage operation by diffusion-mode, or by pumping-mode Page - 3 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS/RM-1000/250 - Radon / Thoron Gas Monitor Method of operation - Facts and Definitions The ERS/RM-1000/250 is an active and direct reading Radon/Thoron Gas-Monitor. It is operating as an Electrostatic-Radon-Sampler with a metallic hemisphere / counting-chamber of 250 ml volume and a positive High-Voltage of 3 kV connected to the metallic hemisphere. An Alpha-Sensitive Detector (Canberra PIPS-Detector) is built-in isolated on negative potential in the counting-chamber. Radon containing ambient air is entering the counting chamber by using the diffusion-mode through a sintermetal-air-inlet-filter with an active diameter of 70 mm. The other method of operation is by using the pumping mode. Radon containing ambient air, or soil-gas is sucked by the internal air-suction pump with an airflow-rate of appr. 120 l/h through an air-inlet filter into the counting chamber. The intelligent data collection with an alpha-spectroscopy-system, MCA with 256 channels, ADC, Pre- and Main-Amplifier is made for the collection of Po-218 for the determination of Radon and Po-216 for the determination of Thoron. Operational dimensions and weight: 325 x 255mm, x 135 mm high, appr. 8 Kg Electric power supply: Li-Ion-Battery, 14,4 V / 8,7 Ah, incl. charger. Runtime without AC-line connection to the charger: > 12 h Page - 4 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS-2-S Radon / Thoron Gas Monitor The ERS-2-S is an active and direct reading Electrostatic Radon/Thoron Gas-Monitor, has a counting-chamber of 2.5 l volume and is made for the determination of the Radon/Thoron-Gas Concentration in the air, from the soil or from materials, e.g. for the determination of the Exhalation-Rate by using the special application-software. The ERS-2-S is a self contained instrument with all elements of an intelligent data collection with an alpha- spectroscopy-system. The standard version of the ERS-2-S has a 4-line LCD and the advanced version of ERS-2-S has a Panel-TPC for the ERS-2-S, advanced version with the Panel-TPC communication, evaluation of results and operation by diffusion-mode, or by pumping-mode data-storage. Page - 5 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS-2-S - Radon / Thoron Gas Monitor ERS-2-S, standard version with the ERS-2-S, standard version with the 4-line LCD, operation by diffusion-mode 4-line LCD, operation by pumping-mode Page - 6 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS-2-S - Radon / Thoron Gas Monitor Method of operation - Facts and Definitions The ERS-2-S is an active and direct reading Radon/Thoron Gas-Monitor. It is operating as an Electrostatic-Radon-Sampler with a metallic hemisphere / counting-chamber of 2,5 l volume and a positive High-Voltage of 4 kV connected to the metallic hemisphere. An Alpha-Sensitive Detector (Canberra PIPS-Detector) is built-in isolated on negative potential in the counting-chamber. Radon containing ambient air is entering the counting chamber by using the diffusion-mode through a sintermetal-air-inlet-filter with an active diameter of 180 mm, or the ERS-2-S is placed on a material, to be examinated for the determination of the Exhalation-Rate. The other method of operation is by using the pumping mode. Radon containing ambient air, or soil-gas is sucked by the internal air-suction pump with an airflow-rate of appr. 120 l/h through an air-inlet filter into the counting chamber. The intelligent data collection with an alpha-spectroscopy-system, MCA with 256 channels, ADC, Pre- and Main-Amplifier is made for the collection of Po-218 for the determination of Radon and Po-216 for the determination of Thoron. Operational dimensions and weight: 325 x 255mm, x 260 mm high, appr. 10 Kg Electric power supply: Li-Ion-Battery, 14,4 V / 8,7 Ah, incl. charger. Runtime without AC-line connection to the charger: > 12 h Page - 7 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS-2-S - Determination of the Exhalation-Rate (Flux) Example of a Radon Alpha Spectrum Example of a calculation-form Page - 8 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS – Electrostatic Radon Samplers / PC-Application Software Po-218 Po-214 A typical collected Radon-Spectrum of an ERS – Electrostatic Radon Sampler Page - 9 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS – Electrostatic Radon Samplers / PC-Application Software Po-216 A typical collected Thoron-Spectrum of an ERS – Electrostatic Radon Sampler Page - 10 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies ERS – Electrostatic Radon Samplers / PC-Application Software ERSEval A typical collected Thoron-Spectrum of an ERS – Electrostatic Radon Sampler by using the PC-Application Software ERSEval Page - 11 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies TRACERLAB ERS-2-S-RiW An additional method with the Hard- and Software for the determination of Radon in Water by using the Radon-Monitor ERS-2-S and the rel. application-software Page - 12 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies Schematic drawing ERS-2-S-RiW The Determination of Radon in Water by using the ERS -2 - S Page - 13 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies Schematic drawing ERS-2-S-RiW The Determination of Radon in Water by using the ERS -2 - S IN ERS-2-S PUMP MOL Sieve Safety Bubbler OUT Page - 14 -
TRACERLAB Natural Radiation, the Determination of Radon, Thoron and it‘s Progenies Lower Detection Limit for Activity Concentration Rn-222 using ERS- 2-S Assumption:C(Rn-220) =0 C0: Background Counting-Time Lower Detection Limit (Bq/m3) Determination of the Exhalation-Rate: min C0=10 Bq/m3 C0=5 Bq/m3 C0=1 Bq/m3 The Lower-Limit of Detection 1 588 528 476 would be appr. 0,2 mBq/m 2 •s 5 158 131 108 at a counting-interval of max. 3 h, 10 94 75 59 Volume of 2,5 l and an Area of 0,025 m 2 20 58 44 33 30 44 33 24 40 36 27 19 Determination of Radon in Water by using the acc. RiW-Kit: 50 32 23 16 The Lower-Limit of Detection 60 28 20 14 would be appr. 0,1 Bq/liter at 1 h 90 22 16 10 counting-interval and a water 120 18 13 8 volume of 0,5 liter. 240 12 8 5 360 10 7 4 480 8 6 3 Page - 15 -
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