The laboratory effort represents the investigation of marine pollution from marine shipping.
It also provides services of analysis of oil and water for maritime industry.
Capability
• Water and sediment sampling
• Sample processing
• Centrifuge for extraction of large volumes of interstitial water from sediments
• HP 5890 GC for trace organic hydrocarbons and TBT analyses
Research project recently completed
• Marine Vessel Emissions Inventory and Control Strategies
• System for Recycling of Waste Oil from Fishing Vessel
• Controlling Atmospheric Emission from Ships
• Contingency Planning of Marine Oil Spill for Keelung City
• Biodeterioration of Marine Fuel Oil
• Influence of Marine Fuel Properties on Air Pollution
• Behavior of Dispersed Oil in Marine Sediment