Request for Equipment to Improve Research Capacity: An Improved Seawater System

9310936，Pi-Shapiro：通过这个项目，俄勒冈州海洋生物研究所将改善其海水系统。该机构最近进行了扩建，导致常驻教职员工增加了一倍。活跃的研究项目的数量增加了两倍，另外一个新的教员职位将于1993年9月开始。扩建还导致了对现有海水系统的使用增加，同时也增加了对可靠性的需求，以支持资助的研究项目。具体来说，计划是改进海水进水系统，建造第二个泵系统，与现有系统平行放置，复制从泵到储水箱的管道，提供备用空压机系统，并提供监测和警报系统。这些改进是以冗余性、适用性和性能为主要标准设计的，应该会大大提高正在进行的研究计划的安全级别。工作计划做得很好。就生产性研究用途而言，该设施正在快速增长。该设施支持的研究项目对现代理解和管理海洋资源以及基础生物学领域具有重要意义。

9310936, PI-Shapiro: With this project, the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology will improve its seawater system. The facility has undergone a recent expansion, resulting in a doubling of resident faculty. The number of active research programs has tripled, and an additional new faculty position will begin in September 1993. The expansion has also resulted in an increased use of the present seawater system, along with increased need for reliability in support of funded research programs. Specifically, the plan is to improve the seawater intake system, construct a second pumping system to be placed in parallel with the existing system, duplicate the piping from pump to storage tanks, provide a back up air compressor system, and provide a monitoring and alarm system. The improvements were designed with redundancy, serviceability, and performance as prime criteria, and should result in a much increased level of security for on going research programs. The workplan is excellent. The facility is growing at a rapid rate in terms of productive research use. Research projects supported by the facility are significant to modern understanding and management of marine resources as well as to fields of basic biology.