Abstract

​Oil-filled submarine cables have come to dominate the reliable delivery of electrical power today, but oil leakages still remain a challenge. This work focuses on exploring the detection of dodecylbenzene (DDB) after leakage. DDB can be dispersed as small droplets in seawater, which the diameter of DDB droplets increased from 60nm to 200nm with the increase of the concentration from 10 ppm to 1000 ppm. Moreover, excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectra were employed to investigated the detection of DDB. DDB has characteristic fluorescence peaks located at λEx/λEm = 225/350 and 255/350. The FIo/w value of 50 ppm DDB was 28.869, which was significantly different from simulated seawater low as 1.3926. Contaminants such as metal ions (Cu2+, Cd2+, Zn2+) and organic matter (tetracycline) do not significantly affect the qualitative identification of DDB by EEMs. This study suggests a research basis for exploring the way for detection of DDB.

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