| 摘要 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the outfall of a discharge pipe 10 in which at least one measuring unit is provided in the vicinity of the outfall in a submerged location and arranged to act as a monitoring unit which transmits information to an onshore site. Preferably several measuring units are secured to a support structure 12 comprised by a plurality of individual segments 13 flexibly interconnected together in a two-dimensional array so as to be flexible about at least one axis. The measuring units may each be housed wholly or at least in part in a segment. The support structure 12 rests on the seabed 11 and pipe 10 and some of the segments 13 contain ballast to provide the necessary stability. The sensors may monitor such parameters as temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, tide level, and pipe outlet flow rate, and the data signals may be transmitted to shore by cable or radio. <IMAGE> |
