MRI RAPID: Development of a Submerged Oil Detector using Ultraviolet (UV) Fluorescence

MRI RAPID：开发使用紫外线 (UV) 荧光的水下石油探测器

• 批准号: 1058422
• 负责人: James Bonner
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Clarkson 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: 2010-10-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1058422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; RAPID; Development; Submerged; Oil

This MRI-RAPID project is in response to events subsequent to an explosion on the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. A Submerged Oil Detector using UV Fluorescence (SODUF) deployable at variable depths up to 6000 ft will be assembled, tested, and deployed in the Gulf in a timely manner consistent with RAPID funding requirements. The project has six phases: 1) modify a UV fluorescence hydrocarbon detector for rapid deployment on ships of opportunity operating in the Gulf of Mexico; 2) integrate the UV detector into a geo-referenced drifter; 3) retrofit an undulating tow-body for deepwater profiling in the Gulf; 4) integrate UV hydrocarbon detector into deepwater undulating tow-body; 5) modify UV hydrocarbon detector for deployment on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV); 6) integrate UV detector into AUV. Phases 1, 2, 4, and 6 will involve field scale testing of the newly assembled sensor/sensor platform in the Gulf Oil spill to determine the efficacy of the instrument in locatingsubmerged oil. The goal is a solution to detection and tracking of submerged oil plumes using the RAPID MRI mechanism to enable the assembly and field testing of SODUF. Phases 3 and 5 will involve mostly bench testing at our Shoreline Environmental Research Facility (SERF) located in Corpus Christi, Texas.

这个MRI-RAPID项目是对在路易斯安那州海岸墨西哥湾的英国石油（BP）深水地平线钻机发生爆炸后发生的事件的回应。 使用可在可变深度部署的紫外荧光（SODUF）的淹没石油探测器将及时及时组装，测试和部署在海湾中，以及时符合快速资金要求。该项目有六个阶段：1）修改紫外线碳氢化合物检测器，以在墨西哥湾运营的机会上快速部署； 2）将紫外线检测器集成到地理参考的漂流器中； 3）对海湾中的深水分析进行改造，以进行起伏的拖曳体； 4）将UV碳氢化合物检测器整合到深水起伏的拖曳体中； 5）修改紫外碳氢化合物检测器以在自动水下车辆上部署（AUV）； 6）将UV检测器集成到AUV中。第1、2、4和6阶段将涉及海湾油溢油中新组装的传感器/传感器平台的现场尺度测试，以确定该仪器在含量增强油中的功效。目的是使用快速MRI机制来检测和跟踪浸没油羽流的解决方案，以实现SODUF的组装和现场测试。第3和第5阶段将主要涉及在德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂市的海岸线环境研究机构（SELF）上进行的基准测试。