Gasera Ltd. is a Finnish high-tech company focused on the analysis of gases, liquids and solid materials. The main focus of Gasera is measuring harmful

air pollutants Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different types ...

in order to protect humans and the environment. Other applications include e.g.

greenhouse gas monitoring Greenhouse gas monitoring is the direct measurement of greenhouse gas emissions and levels. There are several different methods of measuring carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, including infrared analyzing and manometry. Methane an ...

, automotive and ship emissions monitoring,

dissolved gas analysis Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is an examination of electrical transformer oil contaminants. Insulating materials within electrical equipment liberate gases as they slowly break down over time. The composition and distribution of these dissolved gas ...

in transformer oil, CWA and TIC detection, material identification and food production and safety. __TOC__

History

Gasera was founded in 2004 by Prof. Jyrki Kauppinen and his son Dr. Ismo Kauppinen. The company is a university spin-off of the

University of Turku sv, Åbo universitet , latin_name = Universitas Aboensis , image_name = University of Turku.svg , motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle'' , established = 1920 , type ...

Technology

Gasera has developed new technologies to overcome drawbacks in common measurement solutions. Technology solutions are based on cantilever enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared principle and widely tunable mid-infrared lasers.

Products

In 2016 Gasera launched GASERA ONE, portable photoacoustic multi-gas analyzer for protecting life, health and security. GASERA ONE utilises several different infrared light source technologies, such as widely tunable quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), enables countless application areas for reliable ppb-level trace gas monitoring, such as

VOCs Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds that have a high vapour pressure at room temperature. High vapor pressure correlates with a low boiling point, which relates to the number of the sample's molecules in the surrounding air, a ...

, inorganics,

hydrocarbon In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic, and their odors are usually weak or ex ...

fluorocarbon Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds. Compounds that contain many C-F bonds often has distinctive properties, e.g., enhanced stability, volatility, and hydrophobicity. Fluorocarbons and their derivatives are commerci ...

s, anesthetics, and corrosives at very low concentrations. Gasera also offers photoacoustic accessories for laboratory FTIR instruments and research photoacoustic detectors.

Projects

IRON - Horizon 2020

In 2015 Gasera received funding of 2.3 million euros from the EU program

Horizon 2020 The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the Europea ...

. With the funding Gasera will develop and commercialize high performance hand-held IRON device for gas measurement to enable on-site detection of hazardous chemicals in cargo containers.

DOGGIES

In 2016 Gasera completed a three-year collaboration with the European Union in the DOGGIES (Detection of Olfactory traces by orthoGonal Gas identification technologIES) project, developing technology that imitates sniffer dogs for border patrol and the police. The technology can be used for detecting different drugs, such as amphetamine, cocaine, heroin and cannabis. DOGGIES was funded by the European Commission under the

7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development The Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development, also called Framework Programmes or abbreviated FP1 to FP9, are funding programmes created by the European Union/European Commission to support and foster research in the Europea ...

Other EU Projects

Other EU projects funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development Gasera has participated are CUSTOM, GasPro-Bio-Waste, MINIGAS, MUSE-Tech, OPTIMALT, Pro-Bio HySens, VItiSpec and Zero-VOC.

SOCKS

SOCKS is a project inside the HyperGlobal consortium funded by Tekes’ Arktiset Meret program. The aim of the consortium is to develop and commercialise high performance gas sensing solutions for ship emissions monitoring. As an outcome of the SOCKS project, Gasera will develop an analyzer capable of simultaneously sensing the

sulphur dioxide Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula . It is a toxic gas responsible for the odor of burnt matches. It is released naturally by volcanic activ ...

() and

carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide (chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is transpar ...

() concentrations in air nearby seaways, from which the sulphur content of the fuel used by the ship can be calculated.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.gasera.fi/ Technology companies of Finland Turku Finnish companies established in 2004