Applications to marine disaster prevention spilled oil and gas tracking buoy system /

This book focuses on the recent results of the research project funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 23226017) from FY 2011 to FY 2015 on an autonomous spilled oil and gas tracking buoy system and its applications to marine disas...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kato, N. (Naomi) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Japan : Springer, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 201 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Subjects:
Marine accidents -- Prevention.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Lessons from Marine-Based Oil Spill and Gas Leak Accidents; 2.1 Major Marine-Based Oil Spill and Gas Leak Accidents; 2.2 Subsea Environmental Effects by the DWH Oil Spill Accident; 2.3 Surface Oil Slick Behavior After the DWH Oil Spill Accident; 2.4 Impact of the DWH Oil Spill Accident on Contingency Plan, Preparedness, and Regulations; References; 3 Development and Operation of Underwater Robot for Autonomous Tracking and Monitoring of Subsea Plumes After Oil Spill and Gas Leak from Seabed and Analyses of Measured Data; 3.1 Introduction.
  • 3.2 SOTAB-I Overview3.2.1 Outlines of SOTAB-I; 3.2.2 Hardware Description; 3.2.2.1 Power Supply; 3.2.2.2 Processing and Control Unit; 3.2.2.3 Actuators; 3.2.2.4 Tracking; 3.2.2.5 Orientation; 3.2.2.6 Communication; 3.2.2.7 Surveying Sensors; 3.2.2.8 Emergency; 3.2.3 Software Description; 3.2.3.1 Ship Computer; 3.2.3.2 SOTAB-I Computer; 3.2.3.3 Acoustic Communication; 3.3 SOTAB-I Guidance and Control; 3.3.1 General Description; 3.3.1.1 Operating Modes; 3.3.1.2 Operating Zones; 3.3.1.3 Control Priorities; 3.3.2 Equations of Motion; 3.3.3 Depth Control; 3.3.3.1 PID Depth Control.
  • 3.3.3.2 Depth Control with Time Estimation3.3.3.3 Progressive Depth Control; 3.3.3.4 Heading Control; 3.3.4 Experimental Result; 3.3.4.1 Field Test in Toyama Bay on the 28th of November 2014; 3.3.4.2 Field Test in Toyama Bay on the 20th of March 2015; 3.3.4.3 Field Test in Toyama Bay on the 11th of June 2015; 3.3.4.4 Towing Tank Test at Osaka University on the 26th of August 2015; 3.3.4.5 Field Test off Joetsu, Niigata, on the 3rd of September 2015; 3.3.5 Simulation; 3.3.5.1 Depth Control; 3.3.5.2 Heading Control; 3.3.5.3 Simulation of Path Planning; 3.4 Water Surveying.
  • 3.4.1 Sensors Configuration and Calculation Process3.4.1.1 CTD Data; 3.4.1.2 Water Current Measurements; 3.4.1.3 Dissolution of Substances; 3.4.2 Vertical Water Column Survey in the Gulf of Mexico; 3.4.2.1 Temperature, Salinity, and Density; 3.4.2.2 Water Currents; 3.4.2.3 Dissolution of Substances; 3.4.3 Vertical Water Column Survey in Komatsushima; 3.4.3.1 Vertical Distributions of Temperature, Salinity, and Density; 3.4.3.2 Comparison of Vertical Water Currents Profile; 3.4.4 Vertical Water Column Survey in Toyama Bay; 3.4.4.1 Temperature, Salinity, and Density.
  • 3.4.4.2 Vertical Profile of Water Currents3.5 Conclusions; Appendix; References; 4 Development of a Robotic Floating Buoy for Autonomously Tracking Oil Slicks Drifting on the Sea Surface (SOTAB-II): Experimental Results; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 SOTAB-II; 4.2.1 Mechanical Design; 4.2.1.1 Hull Design; 4.2.1.2 Mainsail and Jib Sail; 4.2.1.3 Keel Design; 4.2.1.4 Brake Board; 4.2.1.5 Rudder; 4.3 Hardware Description; 4.3.1 Power Supply; 4.3.2 Onboard Computer; 4.3.3 Actuators; 4.3.4 Sensors; 4.3.4.1 Guidance and Navigational Sensors; 4.3.4.2 Oceanographic Sensors; 4.3.5 Communication.

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