公开(公告)号：US20240248007A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18561480

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY

Inventor： William P. Meurer ,  David T. Wang ,  Gregory W. Shipman ,  Jeffrey D. Spitzenberger ,  Michael Sutton ,  Jeffrey C. Bridges ,  Paul Moreno

IPC: G01N1/10 ,  G01N1/02 ,  G01N33/18

CPC classification number: G01N1/10 ,  G01N33/1833 ,  G01N2001/021 ,  G01N2001/028

Abstract: An autonomous surface vessel includes an elongate body, and a sampling system operatively coupled to the body and including one or more sampling modules, wherein each sampling module includes a housing including a storage container, a sampling material receivable within the storage container, an actuation system operatively coupled to the sampling material via a lead line, and an end cap operatively coupled to the lead line and matable with an open end of the storage container. A computer system is in communication with the sampling system to operate the actuation system, wherein each sampling module is actuatable between a stowed state, where the sampling material is received within the storage container and the end cap sealingly engages the open end, and a deployed state, where the end cap is disengaged from the open end and the sampling material is drawn out of the sampling container.