Online monitoring of PAH
A new method for measuring hydrocarbons/PAH in water has been developed within IMiRO. The method will be further developed and commercialized into a prototype PAH sensor for environmental monitoring and leakage detection.
Field tests of the prototype are planned in the Oslofjord and at an active offshore production site during 2017 and 2018. This new method will be vital to improving the possibilities for online monitoring of critical environmental parameters. See more information about the online monitoring of PAH under Sub-project WP1 (see link to Sub-projects above).
Background and project description
IMiRO is a Strategic Research Project initiated and run by NGI, through NGI's annual basic research funding from The Norwegian Research Council.
In situ and online monitoring of environmentally relevant parameters is vital in order to identify the risk posed by the release of hazardous chemicals. NGI has vast experience in the development of such monitoring systems and has previously developed a system that can monitor oil and gas leakages as well as passive sampling methods that can monitor the concentrations of organic pollutants in sediments and water.
Project goal
IMiRO's main goal is to facilitate the development of new concepts for in situ and online monitoring of environmental risks arising from environmental contaminants produced by the oil and gas industry and other industries that release such pollutants to offshore and coastal areas.
Over the coming years, NGI will carry out research that will aim to enhance knowledge related to in situ and online monitoring in order to probe environmental risk. The project is called IMiRO; Innovative monitoring of environmental risk.
The project's main goal is to facilitate the development of new concepts for in situ and online monitoring of environmental risks arising from environmental contaminants produced by the oil and gas industry and other industries that release such pollutants to offshore and coastal areas.
