Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OIL SPILL DETECTION
- Patent Title (中): 用于油泄漏检测的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13286422Application Date: 2011-11-01
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Publication No.: US20120095683A1Publication Date: 2012-04-19
- Inventor: Albert Ballard Andrews , Wei-Chuan Shih , Matthew Clayton , Oliver C. Mullins
- Applicant: Albert Ballard Andrews , Wei-Chuan Shih , Matthew Clayton , Oliver C. Mullins
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G01N21/55

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of hydrocarbons near an unmanned offshore oil platform. The method steps include monitoring reflected atmospheric and thermal radiation, detecting the presence of hydrocarbons, and generating an alert based on the presence of hydrocarbons.
Public/Granted literature
- US08362429B2 Method and apparatus for oil spill detection Public/Granted day:2013-01-29
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