Performance Evaluation of MOCON VOC-TRAQ Ⅱ Photoionization Detector Used for In-Flight Hydrocarbon Detection

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1. I have no financial relationships to disclose;2. I did not discuss off-label use and/or investigational usein my presentation;3. All opinions expressed in this presentation are theauthors’ and do not represent an official position of theUS Government.4. In 2017 the Pilot-mounted assembly (the sorbent tube and the VOCTRAQⅡ Hydrocarbon Detector (HCD)) was developed and fielded inresponse to the USN Physiological Episode (PE) investigation.5. The data collected by this effort was used by toxicologists to assessif contamination was a factor in the increase in reported PEs.6. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory(JHU/APL) subsequently conducted a validation study of theequipment, methods and data gathered in the USN PE Investigation.7. PE Root Cause/Corrective Action Team (RCCA) and AeromedicalToxicology Team found contamination was NOT A FACTOR,pending validation study results.8. The validation study upheld the RCCA findings.