Cyclops-7 Submersible Sensors - Press Releases

Turner Designs Providing Fluorometers Specifically Configured to Detect Crude Oil for Tracking the Gulf Oil Spill

Sunnyvale, CA; May 24, 2010: Turner Designs is providing in situ and Laboratory Fluorometers specifically configured to detect Crude Oil for tracking the Gulf Oil spill. Equipment being deployed includes the C3 Submersible Fluorometer, as specified in the USCG SMART protocol; the Cyclops-7 Submersible Crude Oil sensor with the DataBank, our handheld datalogger; and the Trilogy Laboratory Fluorometer for discrete sampling on shipboard. With our standard leadtime of 1-2 weeks, Turner Designs' fluorometers can be deployed quickly to start providing valuable spill tracking information.

New Low-Wavelength Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer

January 21, 2010: Turner Designs announces a new low-wavelength Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer for detection of Refined Oils and Fuels. Recent developments in LED technology allow for excitation wavelengths down to 260nm. These new Deep UV LEDs enable detection of a broad range of refined oils and fuels. Using BTEX as the standard, the C7 is able to detect as low as 0.1ppm over a dynamic range >250ppm.

In the standard C7 package, the Refined Oils (Fuels) version offers the same features - small size (4.3" x 0.9" and only 5oz), analog data output, submersible to 600m, and stainless or titanium housings. The C7 is easily integrated into any third-party platform that supplies power and datalogging. It can also be used with the Turner Designs DataBank, a handheld datalogger that supplies power to the sensor and enables logging of up to 9,999 records for easy downloading to a PC.

New optoelectronic technology allows Turner Designs to introduce this new C7 as the lowest-cost solution for detecting refined oils and fuels available today.

Turner Designs Announces Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer

December 9, 2003: Turner Designs today announced the Cyclops-7 Submersible Fluorometer. This sensor is designed for integration into multi-parameter platforms requiring a high performance, compact sensor at a significantly lower price than traditional submersible fluorometers. The Cyclops-7 combination of price, performance and size make the sensor very attractive for oceanographic and dye tracing applications.

Although small, just 4.3 inches long by 0.9 inches diameter, the sensor does not compromise measurement performance including sensitivity and dynamic range. The excellent turbidity rejection ensures superior detection limits in a wide range of environmental conditions.

The sensor requires an external power source, and delivers a standard 0 - 5V output voltage to an external data logger. The Cyclops-7 fluorometers can be factory configured for a wide range of fluorophores including chlorophyll a and rhodamine WT, or custom versions.