Imagine shrinking a giant, expensive laboratory machine into a small chip that fits on a circuit board. Instead of sending gas samples to a lab and waiting for days, this device checks gas purity instantly on-site. It works like a high-tech filter that can spot tiny impurities in seconds using a specialized silicon sensor.
Companies currently rely on bulky, expensive laboratory gas chromatographs that cost tens of thousands of euros and require specialists to operate. This creates a bottleneck for real-time quality control in the field.
A miniaturized gas micro-chromatograph featuring a MEMS silicon injector, pillar-array column, and a Nano Gravimetric Detector (NGD) on a robot-assembled manifold.
If you are a fuel cell manufacturer dealing with purity requirements to prevent cell degradation — this project developed a micro-GC channel that resolves complex gas mixtures in under one minute. This ensures hydrogen purity is maintained without needing bulky laboratory equipment.
If you are a mud-logging provider dealing with the need for portable, rugged analysis in the field — this project developed a CE-certified miniaturized analyzer. It reduces the total cost of ownership by a factor of five to ten compared to traditional systems.
If you are a grid operator dealing with the monitoring of odorants in gas pipelines — this project developed a system with sub-ppm sensitivity for THT. This allows for real-time quality control across 1,000+ sites without specialist upkeep.
The technology cuts the total cost of ownership by a factor of five to ten through automated assembly and minimal gas consumption.
Yes, the project is already in discussions with partners such as CNPC to scale across 1,000+ sites.
The underlying Nano Gravimetric Detector (NGD) technology is protected by 25 patents.
Based on available project data, the system is already CE-certified.
The robot-assembled fluidic manifold takes approximately 15 minutes, compared to over six hours for conventional tubing-based modules.
The project is led by a single French SME, APIX Analytics, which maintains 100% industry ratio. This lean structure indicates a direct path to commercialization, as the coordinator holds the IP (25 patents) and is managing the transition from MEMS prototypes to CE-certified products without the overhead of academic partners.
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