Explorer-a modular AUV for commercial site survey

J. Ferguson, A. Pope
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Fugro Survey and ISE are developing a modular AUV for deep water, commercial site survey. The Explorer AUV is intended initially for operations in depths of up to 3500 meters where it will conduct seabed surveys more economically than deep tow systems. Explorer will carry a full suite of seabed survey equipment including a multibeam echosounder (swathe bathymetry), dual frequency sidescan sonar and subbottom profiler, magnetometer, and conductivity temperature and depth probe (CTD). The vehicle will have a top speed of 2.5 meters per second and a range of 300 km with the capability of upgrading the range to 750 km with a fuel cell. Throughout its survey mission, the vehicle will maintain a navigational accuracy sufficient to meet the oil industry requirement of data positioning accuracy within 5 to 20 meters. Development of the vehicle commenced in the summer of 1999. In this paper, the authors review the factors and trade-off considerations which led to the selection of the Explorer vehicle configuration, pressure hull design, power source, control, navigational and positioning, sensor data management and acoustic telemetry, and finally, the approach to launch and recovery.
探索者-用于商业现场调查的模块化AUV
Fugro Survey和ISE正在开发一种用于深水、商业现场调查的模块化AUV。Explorer AUV最初的目的是在3500米深处进行作业,在那里它将比深缆系统更经济地进行海底调查。“探索者”号将携带全套海底勘测设备,包括多波束回声测深仪、双频侧扫声纳和海底剖面仪、磁力计和电导率温度和深度探头(CTD)。最高时速为2.5米/秒,续航里程为300公里,并可通过燃料电池将续航里程提升至750公里。在整个调查任务中,该车辆将保持足够的导航精度,以满足石油行业对数据定位精度在5至20米范围内的要求。车辆的发展在1999年夏天开始。在本文中,作者回顾了导致探索者飞行器配置选择的因素和权衡考虑,耐压外壳设计,电源,控制,导航和定位,传感器数据管理和声学遥测,最后,发射和回收方法。
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