Electromagnetic hazardous spill retention system

应对涉及危险液体泄漏的紧急情况是一个时间紧迫的过程，可以拯救生命和保护环境。目前，堵住受损容器的泄漏仅限于耗时的手动方法，如用木头、沙子、石膏或特殊织物等惰性材料修补和堵住洞。当液体处于压力下时，这一过程变得更加困难，使目前的方法无效。最近，Neothane Inc.开发了嵌入永久磁铁的氨基甲酸酯橡胶垫，可以瞬间阻止黑色金属容器的泄漏，极大地改善了紧急干预的响应时间和结果。不幸的是，许多用于运输危险液体和气体的容器使用有色金属，这使得磁垫无法使用。与有色金属的电磁相互作用在交流电流下是可能的，并在制动系统和废物分类设施中得到利用。在这里，我们将与Neothane Inc.合作设计专门的电磁铁，使其能够对铝等有色金属提供强大的吸引力，从而创建一种有效的危险泄漏保留系统。

Responding to emergencies involving spills of hazardous liquids is a time-critical process that can save lives and protect the environment. Currently, stopping a leak from a damaged vessel is limited to time-consuming manual approaches such as patching and plugging holes with inert materials such as wood, sand, plasters or specialized fabrics. The process is rendered more difficult when the liquids are under pressure, making the current approach ineffective. Recently, urethane rubber mats embedded with permanent magnets have been developed by Neothane Inc to instantaneously stop leaks from vessels made of ferrous metals, drastically improving the response time and outcome of emergency interventions. Unfortunately, many vessels used to transport hazardous liquids and gases use non-ferrous metals, making magnetic mats unusable. Electromagnetic interactions with non-ferrous metals are possible with alternating currents, and are exploited in braking systems and waste sorting facilities. Here, we will work with Neothane Inc to design specialized electromagnets so that they can provide a strong attractive force with non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, in order to create an active retention system for hazardous spills.