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.

该MRI-RAPID项目是为了应对英国石油公司（BP）位于路易斯安那州海岸外的墨西哥湾深水地平线石油钻井平台发生爆炸后的事件。使用UV荧光（SODUF）的水下石油探测器可部署在高达6000英尺的可变深度，将按照RAPID的资金要求及时组装、测试和部署在海湾地区。该项目分为六个阶段：1)改进紫外线荧光碳氢化合物探测器，以便在墨西哥湾作业的船只上快速部署；2)将UV探测器集成到一个地理参考漂移器中；3)在海湾深水剖面中改进波浪拖体；4)将紫外碳氢探测器集成到深水波浪拖曳体中；5)改进UV碳氢化合物探测器，用于自主水下航行器（AUV）；6)将UV探测器集成到AUV中。第一阶段、第二阶段、第四阶段和第六阶段将涉及在墨西哥湾漏油事故中对新组装的传感器/传感器平台进行现场规模测试，以确定该仪器定位水下石油的有效性。目标是利用RAPID MRI机制检测和跟踪水下油羽，从而实现SODUF的组装和现场测试。第三和第五阶段将主要包括在位于德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂的海岸线环境研究设施（SERF）进行台架测试。