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

EAGER提案：用于测量海底热液喷口处流体流量的新设备的建造、校准和现场测试

基本信息

批准号：
0937057
负责人：
Leonid Germanovich
金额：
$ 12.04万
依托单位：
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-05-15 至 2013-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0937057&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
EAGER Proposal construction calibration field

项目摘要

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.

PI 已请求探索性研究早期概念资助（渴望建造、校准和现场测试新设备，以离散测量海底热液喷口的高温和扩散流。这项研究的最终目标是建造、测试，并提供可常规用于 ROV 或潜水平台海底热液系统研究的设备。 PI 计划在两次巡航中对新设备进行现场测试。这些巡航将使 PI 能够在潜水器和 ROV 平台上测试设备，此外，PI 还使用上一代设备收集了该区域的流体流量和热通量数据，从而提供了进行比较测量的机会。通过确定设备在这些简化现场环境中的实用性和局限性，PI 将能够在必要时完善设计，然后再请求资金以将这些设备用作完整现场计划的一部分。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量，对于这些过程的多学科、综合研究具有广泛的影响。该研究将支持一名女性博士。学生完成学位。这笔资助下进行的研究将在会议上展示，纳入课堂教学，并发表在同行评审的文献中。