Multisensor system for the protection of a critical harbour infrastructure

Abstract

The critical facilities within a harbour area require special protection, including security systems capable of monitoring both surface and underwater areas. The paper presents the concept of a multisensor security system for harbour protection, capable of complex monitoring of selected critical resources. The proposed system consists of a command centre and several different sensors deployed in key areas, providing effective protection from penetration from land and sea, with special attention focused on the monitoring of the underwater zone. The initial project of such systems was presented, its configuration and initial tests of the selected components. The protection of a surface area is based on medium-range radar, LLTV, and infrared cameras. The protection of an underwater zone is based on sonar, acoustic, and magnetic barriers. Both systems are combined into one, integrated multisensor monitoring system. Some results of theoretical analyses based on the detection of a fast and small surface were presented.

An interactive software tool for gas identification

“…One of the most witnessed applications is environmental-pollution monitoring, where EN platforms have been employed efficiently for real time air quality monitoring and pollution-emission events detection via sensor monitoring network [37] as well as pollution sources localization [38]. In addition, EN systems can be deployed in indoor areas to detect fires at chemical storage units, to maintain chemical security at harbor entrances or importation ports [39], to detect any gas leakage and hazardous elements in the gas plants pipelines [40,41,42], as well as to provide a prompt warnings in case of accumulation of toxic and explosive gases fumes in enclosed areas.…”