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A remotely operated serial sampler for collecting gas-tight fluid samples

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This paper describes the design, construction and preliminary test results for a gas-tight serial sampler intended to be deployed at seafloor for long-term operation to take time-series fluid samples from deep-sea environments such as cold seeps, water column and hydrothermal vents. The serial sampler is a modular system that is based on independent and identical sampling modules, which are designed to collect six 160 ml gas-tight fluid samples maintained at high pressure to a depth of 4000 meters. With two working modes, the sampler can be deployed either with seafloor cabled observatory for remote control or as a stand-alone device for autonomous operation. A prototype of the instrument has been constructed and tested on the MARS cabled observatory for two months. The laboratory and field tests proved the success of the design and construction of the serial sampler, and indicated the potential for future ocean sciences.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Shi-jun Wu  (吴世军) & Can-jun Yang  (杨灿军)

  2. Earth Science Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Kang Ding  (丁 抗) & Chun-yang Tan  (谭春阳)

  3. Sanya Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, 572000, China

    Kang Ding  (丁 抗) & Chun-yang Tan  (谭春阳)

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This work was financially supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2010AA09Z202), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41106081), the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51221004), the United States National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0927615), and the Knowledge Innovation Project from Sanya Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (Grant No. SIDSSE-201204).

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Wu, Sj., Yang, Cj., Ding, K. et al. A remotely operated serial sampler for collecting gas-tight fluid samples. China Ocean Eng 29, 783–792 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-015-0055-6

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