On Monday, July 5th, 2021 we gave a detailed update on the design of our next ocean cleanup system, System 002 at the annual IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) conference. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay updated: [ Ссылка ]
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Chapters:
00:00 Boyan introduces the presentation and agenda
00:44 Introduction of the speakers: Arjen Tjallema (Technology Manager) and Bruno Sainte-Rose
(Lead Computational Modeller)
01:18 The Ocean Cleanup mission: why and how
06:23 The main challenges of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
07:45 The evolution of our ocean technology
13:42 Going from feasible to scalable: what scalable means
15:25 4 parameters to determine a good cleanup system
16:51 System 001/b performance assessment based on the 4 parameters
17:17 Limitations of a passive concept
21:43 Solution: an active approach
26:20 Active steering explained
36:50 Active concept performance estimates
40:51 Testing System 002 scale model in the North Sea
42:02 First large-scale system, System 002, parameters
43:37 System 002 test program
45:57 Ocean system evolution and cleanup roadmap
49:40 Environmental management
51:24 Our ambition: carbon neutrality
52:50 Environmental management plan
54:33 what are we going to do with the plastic we catch?
56:12 Summary and closing remarks by Boyan
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Trash accumulates in five ocean garbage patches, the largest one being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California. If left to circulate, the plastic will impact our ecosystems, health, and economies. Solving it requires a combination of closing the source, and cleaning up what has already accumulated in the ocean.
The ocean is big. Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using conventional methods – vessels and nets – would take thousands of years and tens of billions of dollars to complete. After fleets of The Ocean Cleanup systems are deployed into every ocean gyre, combined with source reduction, The Ocean Cleanup projects to be able to remove 90% of ocean plastic by 2040.
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