Due to high vessel traffic and the presence of industry, oil pollution is often an overwhelming menace. Oil spills potentially may remain undetected for long periods of time, despite routine surveillance by the Coat Guard and other environmental agencies. A Channel Buoy Mounted Oil Sensor System capable of warning oil spill response units of the presence of oil immediately after a spill occours would greatly increase the effectiveness of cleanup efforts. The Channel Buoy Mounted Oil Sensor System (CBMOSS) has been designed to detect oil spills and subsequently send an alarm via a VHF-FM transmitter. This alarm could be received by a centralized monitoring station. The CBMOSS consists of an infrared oil monitor, logic circuit, VHF transmitter, power unit, and a antenna. The system is designed to be mounted and powered by existing U.S. Coast Guard lighted buoys. The system isfairly low powered and capable of running off existing power sources aboard lighted buoys. Due to the utilization of off-the-shelf components and low cost electrical gear, this system is relatively inexpensive. Though theChannel Buoy Mounted Oil Sensor System is intended to be used on buoys thoroughout a body af water at locations where there is a high probability of an oil spill, the system has the potential for use as an oil spill sensing plattform in other applications as well.
Feasibility study and preliminary design of a channel buoy mounted oil sensor system
Durchfuehrbarkeitsstudie und Vorentwurf eines auf einer Kanalboje montierten Oelsensorsystems
Marine Technology ; 33 , 1 ; 35-40
1996
6 Seiten, 2 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 20 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
Feasibility Study and Preliminary Design of a Channel Buoy Mounted Oil Sensor System
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