CHELSEA TECHNOLOGIES GROUP

Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) started life as a spin out from Imperial College. Over the last 50 years, they have developed an reputation as a manufacturer of innovative sensors & systems for the military & civil oceanographic, environmental, acoustics & process control markets. CTG’s sensor technology is being pioneered for a range of applications. It is being used to help submariners understand the oceanographic environment within which they operate, monitor water supplies to guard against chemical attack by terrorists, & monitor oceanic algae & their response to climate change. For the last two years CTG has been working with Liquid Robotics to provide them with a number of UV AquaTracka hydrocarbon sensors for integration into their Wave Gliders®. The UV AquaTracka is the industry standard for hydrocarbon detection, a reputation proven during the Macondo Oil Spill. The UV AquaTracka is so sensitive it can detect aromatic hydrocarbons diluted a thousand billion times in water. CTG is working on a number of other projects including providing sensors to monitor ballast water to prevent the transfer of invasive marine species. They are also producing a new range of sensors to monitor ship exhaust scrubbing systems thus preventing environmental pollution. CTG’s underwater acoustics transducers are being used to study the reactions of fish to sound, evaluating active and passive submarine sonars and as part of a blowout preventer acoustic control and monitoring system.