DocumentCode :
1051068
Title :
Detection of oil-water interfaces in sunken oil tankers
Author :
McKeown, D.L. ; George, K.R. ; Young, S.W.
Author_Institution :
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Volume :
5
Issue :
4
fYear :
1980
fDate :
10/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
225
Lastpage :
228
Abstract :
A nondestructive method of measuring in situ the oil-water interface in a sunken oil barge is described. The method makes use of the different acoustic absorption properties of water and Bunker 
oil to detect the oil-water interface and can be implemented using a standard 200-kHz echo sounder. An electrically driven bottom-crawling remotely controlled vehicle used to carry out field tests on a sunken oil barge is described, and samples of the sounder records obtained are presented. Results indicate the method is feasible for tanks of simple geometry that have distinct layers of liquids with sufficiently different acoustic absorption properties.
oil to detect the oil-water interface and can be implemented using a standard 200-kHz echo sounder. An electrically driven bottom-crawling remotely controlled vehicle used to carry out field tests on a sunken oil barge is described, and samples of the sounder records obtained are presented. Results indicate the method is feasible for tanks of simple geometry that have distinct layers of liquids with sufficiently different acoustic absorption properties.Keywords :
Marine vehicles; Oil pollution; Underwater acoustic propagation; Absorption; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic signal detection; Acoustic testing; Boats; Geometry; Liquids; Petroleum; Remotely operated vehicles; Water;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0364-9059
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JOE.1980.1145471
Filename :
1145471
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