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Environment
VIDEO – Environmental MonitoringTechniques
In this video,
Ocean Optics
simulated an oil spill to demonstrate how oil ex-
hibits LED-induced fluorescence characteristics that are easily measured using
modular spectroscopy. Robust systems can be configured to monitor the land,
air and sea continuously and remotely.
New System for EarlyWarning of Hydrocarbon
Leaks though Existing MonitoringWells
The system consists in a grid of wireless sensors installed in existing moni-
toring wells.These sensors float in the air-water
interface and they broadcast, once per day or the
desired period, the signal to be visualised from any
computer or mobile device.
The sensors work using a Physical-Chemical reac-
tion to avoid false alerts.The sensor also allows to
know the type of contaminant as well as it retains
a physical evidence of the contamination.
Reported by
Environmental Technology On- line18 January