Experimental Studies on the Effectiveness of the Oil Pollution Detection Method in the Near-IR Range for Water Bodies on the Earth’s Surface

Abstract

The article presents measurements of the reflection spectra of unpolluted and oil-contaminated water bodies on the earth's surface in the near-IR range. Various types of petroleum products (commercial oil from the Moscow and Ryazan oil refineries, kerosene, diesel fuel, gas condensate, various brands of gasoline, and motor oils) are used as pollutants. The samples studied are laboratory models of water bodies (swamps and puddles on the earth's surface). The results obtained show that it is promising to use reflection spectra in the range of 1.6--1.8 μm for detecting oil and petroleum pollution of water bodies on the earth's surface in the near-IR range. The use of equipment with three wide spectral channels of 50 nm width and central wavelengths of 1696, 1734, and 1775 nm allows for reliable detection of oil and motor oil pollution of water bodies with a low probability of incorrect detection of contaminants. It is possible to detect pollution of water bodies with lighter petroleum products (gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuel), but the probability of detecting pollution is significantly lower

Please cite this article in English as:

Baryshnikov N.V., Nguyen B.M., Fedotov Yu.V., et al. Experimental studies on the effectiveness of the oil pollution detection method in the near-IR range for water bodies on the earth's surface. Herald of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Series Instrument Engineering, 2026, no. 1 (154), pp. 4--16 (in Russ.). EDN: HWGOIN

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