Development of Novel Sample Preparation Device for Rapid and Precise Fire Investigation

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24651187
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social systems engineering/Safety system
• Research Institution: Toyohashi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: SAITO Yoshihiro 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00303701)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 火災原因解析 / 揮発性有機化合物 / 油類 / 微量分離分析 / 試料前処理 / ガスクロマトグラフィー / マイクロ抽出法 / 空気環境測定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this work, a novel needle-type sample preparation device was developed for analyzing various types of trace volatile organic compounds found in the process of fire investigation. The developed device enables rapid sampling/extraction on site and also allows a quick and systematic fire investigation. Storage performance of the needle device after the sampling was quite satisfactory for the subsequent precise analysis. Taking advantage of the good determination performance for typical fire accelerants, further applications of needle device to the fire investigation such as the investigation of misfueling and arson have been demonstrated.

Free Research Field

マイクロ分離科学