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Athens, 9 June 06

EU-MOP OVERVIEW

Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution (EU-MOP): The Concept

Harilaos N. PsaraftisProfessor, NTUA

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Project EU-MOP addresses (FP6-2003-Transport-3) Objective 2 “Advanced design and production techniques”, Research Domain 2.5 of the Thematic Priority 6.2 “Sustainable Surface Transport”:

…. Emphasis will be put on clean, cost and energy effective processes, sub-sea robotics and autonomous systems for maintenance and inspection, innovative dismantling and recycling operations including the removal of oil slicks at sea.

Strategic Objectives

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•The goal of EU-MOP project is to introduce an innovative, reliable and advanced oil combating ‘total solution’, thereby enhancing the existing oil confrontation capability and the protection of marine environment

EU-MOP Project Goal

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• Strong consortium

• Highly interdisciplinary

• Leading edge R&D

• Innovation

• Industrial appeal

• Advisory committee

EU-MOP Project Features

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Interdisciplinary approach

• Vessel design

• Robotics

• Propulsion

• Oil processing

• Cost-benefit

• Response logistics

• Validation (proof of concept)

• Dissemination

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Some facts

• Project start: 1 Feb. 2005

• Duration: 3 years

• 13 partners from 7 EU countries

• Total man-months: 235

• Total budget: 2.900.00 EUR

• EC funding: 1.900.000 EUR

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Country No Code Organization

• Greece 1 NTUA National Technical University of Athens

• UK 2 SSRC University of Strathclyde, S.S.R.C.

• France 3 SIR SIREHNA S.A.

• Portugal 4 ISQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade

• UK 5 BMT British Maritime Technology

• Spain 6 CET Cetemar

• Greece 7 EPE Environmental Protection Engineering S.A.

• Spain 8 AUR Aurensis

• UK 9 OXF University of Oxford

• Spain 10 CON Consultrans

• France 11 BEM BE-Mauric

• Germany 12 ISL Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics

• Germany 13 IPA Fraunhofer I.P.A.

EU-MOP Partners

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As of Oct. 2005:

• M. Dorey, Vikoma

• V. Kyrikos, AVIN International

• G. Peigné, CEDRE

• M. Palomares, IMO

EU-MOP Advisory Committee

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EU-MOP Concept

EU-MOP swarm

Oil spill

Mother Ship

EU-MOP unit operating in situ

Protecting the shore

EU-MOP communications

Unit located oil

Ready to unload to Mother Ship

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EU-MOP Mapping ConceptConcept OperationsOperations

WP10 WP10

EUEU--MOP = Design Concept + Swarm Control + Propulsion + Oil ConfrontMOP = Design Concept + Swarm Control + Propulsion + Oil Confronting + Management ing + Management SPILL MITIGATIONSPILL MITIGATION

Equipment Inventory

WP0WP0

Review

Pollution Risk

WP1WP1

Spill Scenarios

Requirements+ Specs

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EUEU--MOP ConceptMOP Concept

WP2WP2

WP5WP5

EU-MOP Design

EU-MOP Propulsion

EU-MOP Robotics

EU-MOPOil Processing

WP4WP4

WP3WP3

EU

EU

-- MO

PM

OP

WP6WP6

Cost BenefitAssessment

Cost & BenefitSynthesis

WP7Strategic

Tactical

ResponseManagement

DISSE

MIN

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WPWP88

Val

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WPWP99

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UnitDesign

Cost Benefit

AI & Swarm Tactics

Emergency Management

Oil Confrontation

System Design

EU-MOP Modules

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• WP0 State of the Art – Baseline

• WP1 Operational Specifications & Technical Requirements

• WP2 Design of the Elimination Units for Marine Oil Pollution, EU-MOP

• WP3 Energy Source & Propulsion

• WP4 Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

• WP5 Oil Processing Scheme

• WP6 Cost Benefit Assessment

• WP7 Emergency Response Management - Logistics

EU-MOP Workplan

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• WP8 Dissemination/Exploitation

• WP9 Validation Activities – Proof of Concept

• WP10 Overall Management and Coordination

EU-MOP Workplan

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EU-MOP project web site:

www.eumop.org

•EU-MOP public deliverables, news bulletin and other info available (oil spill library, links, etc)

•All of today’s presentations will be available at this web site

EU-MOP Coordinates

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