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MAKING MICROBATTERIES BETTER ACCREDITED TEST FACILITY Animal–Tracking PNNL is home to the Bio-Acoustics & Flow Laboratory, the only lab in the nation accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Length: 6 mm Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for hydrophone sensitivity Width: 3 mm measurements and power level measurements of sound sources for Technologies Weight 0.07 g frequencies from 50 kHz to 500 kHz for both military equipment and commercial components. This certification permits us to perform Capacity: ~ 7.5 mAh primary certified testing on instruments made by others or ourselves, reducing costs and providing significant flexibility in testing. ABOUT PNNL AND OUR SPONSORS LICENSING AND Pacific Northwest National Laboratory draws on signature capabilities in chemistry, Earth sciences, and data analytics to advance scientific COLLABORATION discovery and create solutions to the nation’s toughest challenges OPPORTUNITIES in energy resiliency and national security. Founded in 1965, PNNL PNNL is seeking companies interested in manufacturing is operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office Whether you are microbatteries. Our scientists designed a new tiny battery to of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter monitoring fish and power fish-monitoring tags because those on the market were of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and either too big to allow for an injectable tag or didn’t last as long is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our wildlife behavior, as needed. Slightly larger than a long grain of rice, the PNNL time. For more information, visit PNNL’s News Center. Follow us on evaluating their passage lithium carbon monfluoride battery cuts the weight of current microbatteries by nearly half while packing twice the energy. The Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. through structures, or PNNL microbattery works better in cold water, sending clearer Funding for the technologies described in this brochure has been seeking partnerships signals than current batteries at low temperatures. provided by the Wind and Water Power programs within the DOE’s related to animal- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Electric Power Research Institute. tracking technologies, SOFTWARE the Department This software, available for licensing, helps collect and analyze the HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? of Energy’s Pacific data necessary to learn more about fish behavior and ecosystems. Northwest National You can tap into PNNL’s expertise through sponsored or collaborative Laboratory is ready to Hydropower Biological Evaluation Tools (HBET) research, and by licensing technologies and software. Qualifying This suite of analytical tools evaluates the physical and biological businesses may be eligible for no-cost technology assistance. work with you. performance of existing, refurbished, or newly installed hydro- Companies also can try out a technology through a six-month non- turbines wherever fish passage is a regulatory concern. The tools exclusive research and option license. include study design, data processing, and biological response Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) works with businesses tools with applications to various turbine designs and other passage and other organizations to move its research innovations into alternatives. A centralized database can be accessed remotely. APPLICATIONS the marketplace. Among these available innovations is a suite of HBET is currently based on Sensor Fish data, but is compatible PNNL’s tracking and sensing technologies are applicable to a technologies and software used to better understand fish and wildlife with other measurement technologies, such as acoustic telemetry. CONTACTS wide range of species, research goals, commercial applications, behavior and the hazards they face when encountering dams and and locations: 3D Tracking V2.0 Daniel Deng other structures. Principal Investigator ► Evaluation of fish guidance, behavior, and passage around What we offer. For research with live fish and wildlife, you can access structures, such as hydroelectric dams, using high-accuracy, [email protected] some of the smallest and most lightweight tags available. You may high-efficiency 3D tracking also wish to use the instrumented Sensor Fish, which takes more than 509-372-6120 2,000 measurements per second as it moves through water and around ► Determination of ferry terminal impacts on juvenile structures. You can also access analytical software that supports 3D salmonid movements in salt water Sara Hunt location tracking and fish passage evaluation. ► Assessment of freshwater and marine habitats Commercialization Manager Validated field experience. Since 2005, more than 100,000 fish in ► Observation of predator-prey interactions the U.S., Australia, Brazil, and East Asian countries have been tracked [email protected] ► Determination of water temperature stratification and dis- and studied using tags from this suite of technologies. With the solved gas effects on fish survival and migration behavior 206-528-3535 results, government, academic, and commercial organizations are: ► Expansion to applications that include tagging bats, birds, ► Gaining a better understanding of the impacts of dams and cli- This software tool accurately and efficiently estimates the time Web Resources small mammals, and amphibians. mate change on fish sequence of 3D locations of fish tagged with transmitters. It www.pnnl.gov collects enough detail to assess the function of dam-passage ► Making more informed decisions about designs of turbines and design alternatives, for example. It estimates a fish’s location by http://availabletechnologies.pnnl.gov other in-water structures calculating the time difference of arrival from all hydrophones http://jsats.pnnl.gov ► that detect the transmission from the tag on that fish. During field Submitting more accurate, site-specific data to satisfy permitting tests at several dams, 3D Tracking V2.0 performed significantly and environmental reporting requirements. better than other available solvers. Working with us. We have developed and validated these technologies with fish; however, they are also available for testing with small mammals and amphibians. We would love to talk with you about licensing these technologies JULY 2019 PNNL-SA-122953 or customizing them through collaborative research. INJECTABLE ACOUSTIC TAG SELF-POWERED ACOUSTIC TAG Rather than requiring surgical placement, this tag can be inserted into fish with a simple This tag uses the movement of the fish to Specification Highlights needle injection, allowing the fish to heal quickly and providing dependable information power and recharge batteries rather than ► Length: Can vary based on power about their behavior. This injectable tag is powered by a tiny high-energy-density 3-volt relying solely on a battery—allowing data to requirements and fish characteristics of battery. It features a delayed start option, a temperature sensor, and the ability to transmit be collected for well over a year instead of specific applications. A 100-mm tag was two alternating codes. It has been field-tested with Chinook salmon and juvenile only a month or two. A longer monitoring used for 53-cm rainbow trout and a muskellunge and tested in the lab with Chinook salmon, delta smelt, and catfish. It is period allows for a more complete view of 77-mm tag was used for 38-cm juvenile now commercially available through Advanced Telemetry Systems. fish behavior and of the impact of river obstructions for fish with longer migration patterns, such white sturgeon. as sturgeon, lamprey, and eels. Specification Highlights ► Weight, option 1, without a battery: 1.05 There are two designs for the transmitter. In one, the energy is generated and used in real time, so and 0.80 g, respectively ► Dry weight: 0.22 g the fish has to be moving for the tag to have enough power to send a signal. In the second design, ► Length: 15 mm a battery is recharged with energy from the fish’s movement and stored until needed. The self- ► Weight, option 2, with a battery: 1.10 powered tags were lab-tested with juvenile white sturgeon and rainbow trout. In both species, the and 0.85 g, respectively ► Diameter: 3.38 mm tags were implanted in a tiny incision in a quick 75-second process. Patent: 15/088,032 ► Transmitter life: 120 days at 3-second ping rate (PNNL version). PNNL’s acoustic telemetry tags release beeps, unique to each tagged fish. Receivers placed in Patents: 10,033,469 and 10,033,470 rivers, lakes, or other waterbodies receive the signals as the tagged fish swim by, and collect data We also demonstrated the feasibility of a low-frequency design at ~200 kHz, which that help researchers map the precise 3D location INJECTABLE RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) TAG of each fish and determine if those fish were injured is more suitable for marine applications. It has a source level of 150 dB and a tag life during their travels. of 140 days at 5-second ping rate. Compared to the smallest low-frequency acoustic This small and powerful RF tag with a Specification Highlights diameter of just 2.95 mm can be injected tag commercially available, our design is 16 dB higher in source level, significantly Coded version lighter in weight, and lasts three times longer. into fish using a 9-gauge needle. Two designs: One transmits coded signals ► Length: 11.85 mm and the other transmits uncoded signals. ► Weight: 0.16 g - about 0.1 g lighter than