Abstract
In recent years, the congested tanker route and abnormal weather unfortunately raise the possibility of sea accidents. Spilled oil from a stranded ship pollutes the ocean environment and also does damage to the regional economics. Therefore, in order to prevent damages spreading, it is very important for us to take adequate measures as soon as possible. Under the circumstances, we are developing an autonomous buoy, which is dropped into the sea and chases spilled oil autonomously when the ship accident occurs. This buoy is expected to inform us in real time of the location of the spilled oil and meteorological and oceanographic data around it. This paper is the first report on the development of a spilled oil chasing autonomous buoy system. This paper firstly introduces the total system of a spilled oil chasing buoy, and secondly shows the experimental and numerical results of maneuverability of the buoy model."
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