Electromagnetic hazardous spill retention system

对涉及危险液体泄漏的紧急情况作出反应是一个时间紧迫的过程，可以拯救生命和保护环境。目前，阻止受损船只的泄漏仅限于耗时的人工方法，例如用木材、沙子、石膏或专用织物等惰性材料修补和堵塞漏洞。当液体处于压力下时，该过程变得更加困难，使得目前的方法无效。最近，Neothane Inc开发了嵌入永磁体的聚氨酯橡胶垫，用于瞬间阻止黑色金属容器的泄漏，大大提高了应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船只使用有色金属，使磁垫无法使用。交流电可以与有色金属产生电磁相互作用，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，使其能够与铝等有色金属产生强大的吸引力，以创建一个用于危险泄漏的主动保留系统。

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.