Figure 1 A self-righting vehicle design with buoyancy high and weight low, WHOI’s SeaBED AUV captures the attention of a pair of curious Antarctic penguins as it is deployed from the British research vessel James Clark Ross. Vehicle designers allowed for temperature reduction of battery capacity. Recharge
TECH FEATURE TELEDYNE SLOCUM GLIDERS to hold over 3.5 times as many lithium primary batteries as the the water column and its thrusters give it the ability to stay standard Slocum Glider, and to physically accommodate up to on track in strong currents or other dif? cult ocean condi- 8 different sensor
Feature Passenger Vessel Safety ? re risk and related technical issues. Canada: Transport Canada.” In the U.S., last February, the Coast Guard issued a Another top issue, just as in the U.S. – workforce re- Marine Safety Alert: “Saltwater intrusion causes damage cruitment, which he called a “key issue for
Battery Safety Another consideration of Battery Thermal Management is ? re safety. When short-circuited or overheated, lithium-ion battery cells can enter into “thermal runaway”, an intense exothermic reaction. Temperatures of a failed cell can reach 1200 C, and often will involve adjacent cells by
INTERVIEW DUANE FOTHERINGHAM, HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES Image courtesy HII REMUS 620 Last month we visited with Duane Fotheringham, President, Unmanned Systems, HII Mission Technologies division, for insights on the new REMUS 620. Can you summarize the key techni- for the U.S. Navy’s Lion? sh System cal
INSIGHTS SCIENCE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT Map of NOC vessel operations from April 2022 – March 2023. Green = RRS James Cook, Blue = RRS Discovery Credit: NOC bon output, with an ambition of reaching net zero by 2040. MFP to be able to undertake the same project management and international collaboration.
MTR 100 SOUTH BAY CABLE SUBCTECH HOHONU https://southbaycable.com/ www.subctech.com https://www.hohonu.io/ For more than 65 years, South Bay SubCtech offers underwater power so- Hohonu provides actionable real-time Cable has been a leader in custom cable lutions and ocean monitoring systems. data and
Source: DeepSea Source: Caladan Oceanic, LLC. DeepSea’s SeaBattery Power Module has a pressure-compensated design that works from surface depths down to 11,000m. Micron Gemini Find what you are looking for DeepSea’s SeaBattery in use on one of Multibeam imaging sonar the Five Deeps Depth & pressure
ot that long ago, SubCtech claimed to be building the world’s largest and only Li-ion battery for subsea oil and gas applications - a 1MWh, 22-ton battery storage Nskid. The stakes are increasing in this upsizing mar- ket, with Kraken Robotics recently announcing an order for subsea batteries worth $16
MTR 100 from the working class and observation class to the partic- ular use of ROV, arrived in the following years. Indepen- dent research and development ROV components include: HD camera, 150W 6,957 Lumens Sea Bright LED, sensor PCG 1000X, servo, and 550 VDC direct-drive and magneti- cally coupling
autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with integrated sensors and processing. Since the company’s beginnings, its vehicles have featured a free-? ooded design with open architecture that permits in- tegration with a variety of sensors and payloads to be adapt- ed to any mission. The open architect
Feature Offshore is 280 feet, meaning there are no large (+300-foot) PSVs currently in stack amid an uptick in an offshore oil and gas sector that shows no signs of slowing down. “It’s not easy I I In n n n n E E E E Eu u u ur r r ro o o o op p p p p p pe e, , , v ve e es s s ss s s s se e e el l l ls s
t’s been 25 years since MIT engineers Dr. James Belling- be readily swapped out for long missions and short turn-arounds. ham and Frank van Mierlo started their entrepreneurial That modularity also permits the vehicles to be disassembled for underwater robotics company in a former auto-parts ware- rapid
HEMPEL As ship owner/operators eye increasingly stringent environmental and emission standards, partners like Hempel – which provide engineered solutions to help slash fuel burn and emissions and back it up with data – become increasingly important. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News recently visited
Sonardyne E1 Marine technology company Sonardyne appears in the main hall and outdoor demonstration zone with technologies and service. SubC Imaging C9 / D1 SubC Imaging designs and builds industry-leading deep sea cameras, subsea systems, LEDs, lasers, and software for marine research, offshore energy
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LANDER LAB #5 BATTERIES Illustration courtesy of Witold Maranda, PhD, Lodz University of Technology, Poland Progressive RC Figure 7 Figure 8 An unbalanced smart LiPo charger provides Constant The ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) Meter Mark II. Current (CC) initially, then shifts to Constant Voltage
Figure 1 A look inside a Southwest Electronic Energy SeaSafe II pressure compensated Lithium Polymer battery shows placement of the prismatic LiPo cells, the individual Battery Management Systems PCBs, and the Power Booster boards for intelligent control of the output. partly be blamed on those
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Kongsberg’s new Hugin Edge www.kongsberg.com The Kongsberg HUGIN Edge made its debut ear- lier this year, and the Norwegian company is hoping to re-open the 1,000 m-rated AUV market with its new “autonomous by design” HUGIN Edge. The 4m-long vehicle, weighing just 300 kg and designed to work at 2-5 knots
MTR 100 “from data bubbles” (pencil-like capsules containing SD ENDURUNS cards) that can be ejected from the AUV when needed or in Over in Europe, combining hydrogen powered, long-endur- an emergency. ance AUVs with hydrogen powered support USVs is the goal The prototype AUV, being developed at Graal
Falmouth Scienti? c, Inc. www.falmouth.com Falmouth Scienti? c, Inc. (FSI), a provider of sensor and sur- vey solutions for applications in salt and fresh water environ- ments, has a long and storied history intertwined with many other companies and innovators in the space. Celebrating its 33rd year
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“Burning LI batteries cannot be extinguished”: EAS’s Michael Deutmeyer alongside a trademark EASy-Marine module containing lithium iron phosphate cells said to not be combustible. Image courtesy: EAS/Britishvolt www.marinelink.com 25 MR #8 (18-33).indd 25 8/4/2022 2:26:30 PM