Method and device to detect contaminants floating on a body of water

Abstract

Abstract According to this method, at at least one point of the surface of this stretch of water, the resistivity of a surface layer of this stretch of water is measured, and the position of this measurement point on the surface of this stretch of water is determined. The device comprises: a body 1 able to float on the surface of the stretch of water 3, electrodes 2 which are electrically isolated from one another; means for measuring the resistance between the said electrodes, and radio means for remotely transmitting a measurement datum which depends on the value of this resistance. The invention applies to coastal monitoring against hydrocarbon pollution. <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Dimitri Baranoff

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