Development of an Enzymic Electrode Oil in Water Sensor.

摘要

Environmental criteria for coastal waterways have been established limiting the maximum concentration of oil in ship overboard discharge streams to 100 ppm of oil. Ongoing research at various Navy and Coast Guard facilities has indicated that there are inadequacies in presently available chemical analysis instrumentation needed to monitor discharge streams aboard sea-going vessels. These inadequacies primarily center on interference problems, maintenance problems, operational complexity and high cost. As a result, an in-house program was initiated, with corporate funding. This program resulted in a novel device concept which can, with suitable development, provide the Navy and Coast Guard with an instrument for oil-in-water detection that will eliminate all of the inadequacies previously noted. The concept is the use of a hydrocarbon oxygenase enzyme electrode.