CleanOcean
Analysis
Microplastics dissolved or in suspension
Jordi Arbusà1,2,Francisco Ripoll2, Jordi Barinaga3, Dra. Núria Agulló1, Dr. Salvador Borrós1
1Grup d’ Enginyeria de Materials(GEMAT) IQS-URL, 2Sailing Technologies R+D Group, 3Tecnotalasa
“ 2,309 pieces of litter for every kilometre of coastline in a 10-year record”
Marine Conservation Society (UK)
Sampling system onboard Lab Analysis Mapping
Aleix and Dídac, skippers of One Planet,One Ocean & Pharmaton,
IMOCA Open 60, will become our researchers
A A A A Inlet Tank
B B B B Peristaltic Pump
C C C C Quick Coupling
D D D D Filters pack
E E E E Outlet Tank
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GeolocalizatedGeolocalizatedGeolocalizatedGeolocalizated dataj
100 100 100 100 Filters packs 158.6nm 158.6nm 158.6nm 158.6nm Theoretical cover range for each pack
of filters j
4 4 4 4 Types of filters:j
500microns500microns500microns500microns Rough Particle Filter
50microns50microns50microns50microns Rough Particle Filter
5microns5microns5microns5microns Rough Particle Filter
0.45microns0.45microns0.45microns0.45microns HLB Filterj
Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic system with real time
data via satellite
144000 144000 144000 144000 Rows of data, 21 21 21 21 streaming
variables, 26 26 26 26 post analysis variables
24000 24000 24000 24000 tracker points with 3333environmental variables correlated with
Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC):
Water temperatureWater temperatureWater temperatureWater temperature
SalinitySalinitySalinitySalinity
Barometric pressureBarometric pressureBarometric pressureBarometric pressureCollaboration:
FACTS
collected during the Barcelona World Race