NDLI: ROV based tool sled for the placement of fiber optic cable between benthic instrument nodes

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Bird, L.E.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Monterey Bay Aquarium Res. Inst., Moss Landing, CA, USA (Bird, L.E.)
Abstract	The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has committed to the novel and technically ambitious Canyon Dynamics Project. Canyon Dynamics represents a dual effort by science and engineering. Science, to understand the physical processes of submarine canyons as conduits for transporting materials from continents to the deep sea. Engineering, to develop the tools necessary to accomplish this goal. The key elements are instrumented platforms deployed in the axis of the Monterey Bay Canyon at depths of 250 and 500 meters, located 10 kilometers apart. These RINs (remote instrument nodes) and BINs (benthic inter connect nodes) will be connected with a fiber optic/power cable and establish a network that can measure the currents, suspended sediments concentrations, salinity, and temperature at these sites. This technology will act as building blocks for MOOS (MBARI Ocean Observatory System, MARS (Monterey Accessible Research System, and NEPTUNE projects. This presentation will deal specifically with the design, building, testing, and deployment of a ROV based tool sled constructed for the placement of this cable on the seabed and interconnections with the RIN/BIN platforms. The design includes; integration with the ROV Ventana, meet operational weight constraints, the ability to (pick up, drop, and reacquire the cable spool), support the vehicle's Schilling Titan III manipulator, monitor cable payout speed and distance and a variable ballast system controlled by the amount of cable deployed. Currently the core sled is complete and the peripherals are under construction. Testing has begun with the ROV Ventana and the cable laying tool sled, in the MBARI test tank, performing interconnects with an instrumented RIN platform. Further testing will continue through summer with RIN/BIN deployment taking place in June and cable laying scheduled for this fall.
Starting Page	2050
Ending Page	2053
File Size	292865
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780375343
DOI	10.1109/OCEANS.2002.1191947
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-10-29
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Remotely operated vehicles Optical fibers Optical fiber cables Instruments Power cables Testing Vehicle dynamics Underwater vehicles Optical materials Continents
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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