EAGER Proposal: The construction, calibration and field testing of new devices for measuring fluid flow at seafloor hydrothermal vent sites

PI已申请EARLY概念探索研究赠款（EAGER），用于建造、校准和现场测试新设备，以便对海底热液喷口的高温和扩散流进行离散测量。这项研究的最终目标是建造、测试和提供可用于海底热液系统研究的常规设备，无论是潜油平台还是潜水平台。私家侦探？We’我们计划在两次航行中对新设备进行实地测试。这些巡航将使PI？在潜油平台和潜油平台上测试这些装置。此外，PI？s已经用上一代设备从该区域收集了流体流动和热通量数据，因此提供了比较测量的机会。通过确定实用程序，以及在这些简短的现场环境中的设备的限制，PI？如果有必要的话，在申请资金将这些设备作为一个完整的现场项目的一部分之前，美国将能够完善这些设计。更广泛的影响拥有一套坚固、易于使用、易于维护的设备来测量海底热液系统中的流体流动，对这些过程的多学科综合研究具有广泛的影响。该研究将支持一名女博士。学生完成她的学位。根据这项补助金进行的研究将在会议上提出，纳入课堂教学，并发表在同行评议的文献。

The PIs have requested an EArly-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER to construct, calibrate, and field test new devices for making discrete measurements of high-temperature and diffuse flow at seafloor hydrothermal vents. The eventual goal of this research is to construct, test, and make available devices that can be used routinely in studies of seafloor hydrothermal systems from either ROV or submersible platforms. The PI?s plan to field test the new devices on two cruises. These cruises will enable the PI?s to test the devices on both submersible and ROV platforms. Moreover, the PI?s have collected fluid flow and heat flux data from this area with previous generation of devices, hence providing the opportunity for comparative measurements. By determining the utility as well as the limitations of the devices in these abbreviated field environments, the PI?s will be able to perfect the designs if necessary before requesting funding to use these devices as part of a full field program. Broader ImpactsHaving a suite of robust, easy to use, ease to maintain devices for measuring fluid flow in seafloor hydrothermal systems has broad-ranging implications for multidisciplinary, integrated investigations of these processes. The research will support one female Ph.D. student to the completion of her degree. The research performed under this grant will be presented at meetings, incorporated into classroom teaching, and published in peer reviewed literature.