Smart navigation system for an enhanced inteligent oil skimmer

石油泄漏的清理过程极其昂贵，劳动密集型，并对环境造成破坏。一家总部位于多伦多的小公司开发了一种自动、全自动撇油器，它使用了通过纳米技术开发的专利过滤系统。撇油器是一种小型无人驾驶船只，在发生漏油或泄漏后收集水面上的石油。与现有技术相比，这项新技术可以快速部署，缓解了石油扩散问题，并降低了劳动力和经济成本。与弗莱明学院拟议的项目的主要目标是推进撇油器的智能导航系统，允许多个撇油器同时自主工作。在从漏油中收集石油时，打算同时部署多个撇油器单元；每个单元必须能够自主导航，同时与其他单元进行沟通和协调工作。在这个项目中，弗莱明学院的研究人员将设计一种导航系统和控制单元，使蜂群能够同时在至少10个撇油器之间进行通信。第二个目标是改进集成到船体中的过滤单元的设计和放置，以提高收集系统的有效性。新的过滤单元设计将在水中提供更低的阻力，同时仍能收集油，从而减少阻力并延长电池的寿命。这个项目的结果是，这家加拿大公司将更接近他们将撇油器技术商业化的目标，最终为公司带来经济收益。

The oil spill cleanup process is extremely costly, labour intensive, and damaging to the environment. A small Toronto-based company has developed an autonomous and fully automatic oil skimmer that uses a patented filtration system developed through nanotechnology. The skimmer unit is a small un-manned watercraft that collects oil off the surface of the water after an oil spill or leak. Compared to current technologies, this new technology can be deployed quickly, mitigating oil spreading issues and reducing labour and economic costs. The primary objective of the proposed project with Fleming College is to advance the oil skimmer's smartnavigation system, allowing several skimmers to work simultaneously and autonomously. Multiple skimmer units are intended to be deployed at once when collecting oil from a spill; each unit must be able to navigate autonomously while communicating and working in harmony with the other units. In this project, Fleming College researchers will design a navigation system and control unit that will enable swarm ability andcommunication between a minimum of 10 skimmers at a time. The secondary objective is to improve thedesign and placement of the filtration unit as integrated into the watercraft, in order to increase theeffectiveness of the collection system. The new filter unit design will provide lower resistance in the water, while still collecting oil, thus reducing drag and increasing the lifespan of the batteries. As a result of thisproject, the Canadian company will be closer to their goal of commercializing the oil skimmer technology, ultimately bringing economic gains to the company.