Development of a Pyrolysis GC/MS Facility for Characterizing Oil-Contaminated Water, Sediment and Seafood Samples

开发用于表征受油污染的水、沉积物和海鲜样品的热解 GC/MS 设备

• 批准号: 1057541
• 负责人: Prabhakar Clement
• 金额: $ 14.62万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1057541&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Pyrolysis; GC; MS; Facility

This MRI RAPID grant will allow for the development of a laboratory facility that can employ pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) to characterize oil, water, sediment, and oil-contaminated seafood samples from the Alabama coastline that is heavily contaminated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has discharged an enormous amount of oil into highly sensitive Gulf waters. This has resulted in severe contamination of Alabama's and other Gulf coast beaches, wetlands, and bays. The long-term impacts of this catastrophic event are simply unknown. This MRI investment is timely and urgent in light of the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Environmental Engineering faculty at Auburn University is committed to conducting peer-reviewed research to address various environmental assessment and remediation problems related to this event. Specifically, this MRI RAPID award will enable the following six research topics that are directly related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event: 1) developing an ecological baseline database for the Gulf region; 2) understanding the fate and transport of dispersant-mixed crude oil using wave-tank experiments; 3) understanding the influence of dispersants on the kinetics of the crude oil dissolution process; 4) quantifying the influence of dispersants on oil biodegradation kinetics; 5) assessing the impacts of dispersants and dispersant-mixed crude on marine microfauna; and 6) development of seafood safety test methods. The PIs have initiated preliminary oil characterization and biodegradation studies in their laboratory. These research efforts require a GC/MS facility to characterize the crude oil and its components. The data generated using this instrument will help the PIs better understand the impacts of the oil spill and will also help devise innovative methods to mitigate the impacts. Understanding the fate and transport of crude oil components and its impact on water quality, sediments, seafood and the overall coastal ecosystem is critical to understanding the overall long-term impacts of the oil spill on the Gulf Coast economy. The PI is currently working with a diverse team consisting of sociologists, marine biologists and ecologists to explore various long-term socio-economic issues related to the spill.

这项MRI快速拨款将允许开发实验室设施，该设施可以采用热解以及气相色谱质量质谱法（PY-GC/MS），以表征来自阿拉巴马州海岸线的油，水，沉积物和富含油的海鲜样品，这些海岸线受到深水水平油的严重污染。 深水地平线漏油已将大量油排放到高度敏感的海湾水域中。这导致了阿拉巴马州和其他墨西哥湾沿岸海滩，湿地和海湾的严重污染。这一灾难性事件的长期影响是完全未知的。鉴于最近墨西哥的漏油事件，这种MRI投资是及时和紧迫的。奥本大学的环境工程学院致力于进行同行评审的研究，以解决与此事件有关的各种环境评估和补救问题。具体而言，该MRI快速奖将使以下与Deepwater Horizo​​n漏油事件直接相关的六个研究主题：1）为海湾地区开发生态基线数据库； 2）使用波坦克实验了解分散剂混合原油的命运和运输； 3）了解分散剂对原油溶解过程动力学的影响； 4）量化分散剂对石油生物降解动力学的影响； 5）评估分散剂和分散剂混合原油对海洋缩影的影响； 6）开发海鲜安全测试方法。 PI在其实验室开始了初步的石油表征和生物降解研究。这些研究工作需要GC/MS设施来表征原油及其组件。使用该仪器生成的数据将有助于PI更好地了解漏油的影响，还将有助于设计创新的方法来减轻影响。了解原油成分的命运和运输及其对水质，沉积物，海鲜和整体沿海生态系统的影响对于了解溢油对墨西哥湾沿岸经济的总体长期影响至关重要。 PI目前正在与一个由社会学家，海洋生物学家和生态学家组成的多元化团队合作，探索与泄漏有关的各种长期社会经济问题。