MRI RAPID: Development of a Submerged Oil Detector using Ultraviolet (UV) Fluorescence

MRI RAPID：开发使用紫外线 (UV) 荧光的水下石油探测器

• 批准号: 1058422
• 负责人: James Bonner
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Clarkson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1058422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; RAPID; Development; Submerged; Oil

This MRI-RAPID project is in response to events subsequent to an explosion on the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. A Submerged Oil Detector using UV Fluorescence (SODUF) deployable at variable depths up to 6000 ft will be assembled, tested, and deployed in the Gulf in a timely manner consistent with RAPID funding requirements. The project has six phases: 1) modify a UV fluorescence hydrocarbon detector for rapid deployment on ships of opportunity operating in the Gulf of Mexico; 2) integrate the UV detector into a geo-referenced drifter; 3) retrofit an undulating tow-body for deepwater profiling in the Gulf; 4) integrate UV hydrocarbon detector into deepwater undulating tow-body; 5) modify UV hydrocarbon detector for deployment on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV); 6) integrate UV detector into AUV. Phases 1, 2, 4, and 6 will involve field scale testing of the newly assembled sensor/sensor platform in the Gulf Oil spill to determine the efficacy of the instrument in locatingsubmerged oil. The goal is a solution to detection and tracking of submerged oil plumes using the RAPID MRI mechanism to enable the assembly and field testing of SODUF. Phases 3 and 5 will involve mostly bench testing at our Shoreline Environmental Research Facility (SERF) located in Corpus Christi, Texas.

该 MRI-RAPID 项目是为了响应路易斯安那州海岸墨西哥湾英国石油 (BP) 深水地平线石油钻井平台爆炸后发生的事件。 使用紫外线荧光 (SODUF) 的水下石油探测器可部署在 6000 英尺的不同深度，将根据 RAPID 资金要求及时在海湾组装、测试和部署。该项目分为六个阶段：1）修改紫外荧光碳氢化合物探测器，以便快速部署在墨西哥湾运营的机会船上； 2) 将紫外探测器集成到地理参考漂流器中； 3）改造波状拖体，用于海湾深水剖面； 4）将紫外碳氢化合物探测器集成到深水波状拖体中； 5）修改紫外碳氢化合物探测器以部署在自主水下航行器（AUV）上； 6）将UV探测器集成到AUV中。第 1、2、4 和 6 阶段将涉及对海湾漏油事件中新组装的传感器/传感器平台进行现场规模测试，以确定仪器定位水下石油的功效。目标是使用 RAPID MRI 机制来检测和跟踪水下油羽流，从而实现 SODUF 的组装和现场测试。第三阶段和第五阶段将主要涉及位于德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂市海岸线环境研究设施 (SERF) 的台架测试。