Oil on water detection

OIL POLLUTION DETECTOR

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUNCTIONS FROM HAZARDOUS CARBON CONTAMINATION INCIDENTS USE IONICS – LEAKWISE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND CRITERIA.

IONICS – LEAKWISE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND MEASUREMENTS FOR DETERMINING AND MEASURING THICKNESS OF A HYDROCARBON LAYER ON A WATER SURFACE. HYDROCARBONS WHICH PRESENCE ON WATER MAY BE: OIL, GASOLINE AND MISCELLANEOUS OILS OF THE SAME BASE.

PRINCIPLE OF WORK: LEAKWISE systems for detecting and measuring the thickness of a hydrocarbon layer on water use a technique to measure the absorption of electromagnetic energy in water. The measuring encoders, consisting of an antenna float and pulley weights, float on the surface of the water, with the antenna ring always immersed in water equally deep. The higher the absorption of energy in water, the more measured energy is fed into the antenna. As water absorbs more energy than hydrocarbons or air, the amount of energy absorbed must be higher. If the antenna floats partly on the water and partly on the hydrocarbon, the energy absorption will be smaller in proportion to the thickness of the hydrocarbon layer on the water. The thickness of the hydrocarbon layer on the water is defined through a 4 – 20 mA output and lower and upper alarms can be set in the measuring range.

LEAKWISE SYSTEMS AND METERS ARE FOR EARLY DETECTION AND WARNING OF HYDROCARBONS ON WATER OVER 0.3 mm THICKNESS.

APPLICATIONS:

* MONITORING AND DETECTION OF HYDROCARBON LEAKS FROM TANKS AND PIPELINES.

* DETECTION OF HYDROCARBONS ON THE GROUNDWATER SURFACE IN CONTROL WINDOWS OR MASKS.

* DETECTION AND MONITORING OF WATER HYDROCARBONS IN WATER CIRCUITS ON RIVERS OR SEA.

* DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF THE THICKNESS OF THE HYDROCARBONS ON WASTE WATERS. REPORTING TO THE CONTROL CENTER BY WIRELESS OR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES AS ORBCOMM SATELLITE, GSM AND FIG.