6753 results about "Underwater" patented technology

This invention provides, inter alia, communication devices for contactless underwater data transmission and reception. In one embodiment the present invention provides a transmitting device comprising (a) a water-tight housing; (b) a radiative element disposed outside of the housing, said radiative element comprising at least two antennae, wherein the radiative element is configured to propagate an electric field signal through water; and (c) a communications section disposed within the housing, said communications section being coupled to said radiative element, said communications section comprising at least one transmitter, wherein the communications section is configured to transmit digitally modulated data as an electric field signal propagated by the radiative element. Also provided are similarly constituted receiving devices, transceiving devices, systems containing such devices and methods of using such devices and systems.

An apparatus is disclosed for a turbine for generating electrical power from water or air flow comprising at least one rotor disk having a plurality of hydrofoil blades, a guide vanes, a cylindrical housing, and a generator means. A rim generator comprising a magnet race rotor rim and fixed stator coils in the housing is used. The apparatus is fitted with a screen to stop the ingress of debris and marine life, and a skirt augmenter device to reduce the Betz effect. The apparatus is preferably for sub-sea deployment and driven by tidal currents, but may be powered by river current or wave driven air or by wind. The apparatus may be deployed on at least one telescoping pole, tethered to the sea-bed and kept buoyant by buoyant concrete in the housing, inserted in a dam, under a barge or in a tidal power array.

Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices related to fixed and transportable structures and vehicles utilizing the integration of solar and wind technologies for generation of electricity. The system generates electricity using solar panels (and / or solar thermal units) and wind turbines, stores and converts electricity, and can be located in various locations either as fixed or portable embodiments including on land, on water, underwater, air and space and may also be housed in a structure to provide electricity for various facilities and uses.

A GPS-based underwater cable positioning system for use in determining the shape and position of hydrophone streamers towed underwater behind survey vessels involved in marine seismic prospecting. The system includes a plurality of surface units towed behind the vessel. Each surface unit includes a GPS receiver to receive radio frequency GPS signals and to determine its positions. Each surface unit also has an acoustic transmitter to transmit an acoustic message signal representing its position and an optional time stamp into the water. Acoustic receiver units, attached spaced apart locations along one or more streamer cables, each include an acoustic receiver to receive the acoustic message signals from the surface units and to determine its position from the message signals. To augment the message signals from the surface units at locations distant from the surface units, acoustic transceiver units may be used. The acoustic transceiver units are attached to the streamer cables at ranges between the surface units and distant acoustic receiver units. The acoustic transceiver units each include an acoustic receiver that performs as the receivers in the acoustic receiver units and an acoustic transmitter to transmit acoustic message signals representing its position and an optional time stamp into the water to be received by the acoustic receiver units. In this way, the positions and shapes of towed streamer cables can be determined.

The invention relates to an underwater super-oleophobic oil-water separation mesh membrane as well as a preparation method and application thereof. A 100-140-mesh fabric mesh is used as the substrate of the oil-water separation mesh membrane; and a hydrogel cladding layer is formed by the crosslinking polymerization of polymer monomers on the mesh wires of the fabric mesh by a photo-initiated polymerization method, thus obtaining the mesh membrane provided by the invention. The oil-water separation mesh membrane is super-hydrophilic in air and underwater and super-oleophobic underwater; the contact angle with oil drops underwater is greater than 150 degrees; and the adhesion to oil drops is low. The mesh membrane provided by the invention can be applied to oil-containing sewage treatment, chemical separation, environmental protection and the like. For oil-water separation, the mesh membrane has the advantages of good separation effect, fast separation, low cost, low energy consumption, convenience, no other chemical additive and the like, and is easy to recover for multiple recycling, and suitable for wide-range preparation.

The invention comprises a waterproof housing, which protects and allows operation of a hand held computer 40 (FIG. 2) while underwater, an electronic dock 38 (FIG. 2) which interfaces with said computer, a pressure resistant user interface, and a software application installed on said computer which allows interaction with and access to native sensors and electronics for the purpose of providing a multifunctional diving apparatus. The invention provides function of an underwater camera and dive computer and associates collected sensor data with a dive event to automatically generate a dive log. Additionally the invention provides a novel touchscreen interface 85 (FIG. 10) suitable for underwater use.

An illumination device, including: a shell with a plurality of sides, where the device can be positioned upon a surface or attached or suspended at any of the plurality of sides; and at least one light-emitting device within the shell, where when the device is positioned upon a surface or attached or suspended at any of the plurality of sides of the shell, light from the at least one light-emitting device emits through each of the plurality of sides of the shell. The device is thus easy to deploy and use. Its design is compatible with outsourced manufacturing, allowing for cost savings. The device can be reused many times. The device can also emit light for many hours longer and has ruggedness that far exceeds conventional devices. The device can also be used where conventional devices and other lighting devices cannot, including underwater.

A system and method for deploying and / or retrieving a cable underwater. In an embodiment, a system comprises a cage, comprising a guidance system adapted to be remotely operable subsea by a vessel; a communications link operatively linking the guidance system and the vessel; and a non-palletized reel rotatably and removably mounted within the cage, the reel adapted to receive an unspoolable length of cable, the cable comprising two fee ends. In an exemplary method, the reel, onto which cable is spooled is removably and rotatably housed in a cage adapted for remote control use underwater and the cage lowered by a vessel to a position proximate a seafloor. The cage is maneuvered along a predefined flight pattern in substantially a single plane with respect to the seafloor while selectively releasing the cable from the reel. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope of meaning of the claims.

A device and a method for laterally steering a streamer cable towed underwater behind a seismic survey vessel. The device includes a cable-steering assembly rotatably attached to a streamer cable. The assembly includes a body to which one or more wings are mounted. The wings are arranged to pivot about pivot axes. The assembly is ballasted so that the pivot axes of the wings are largely in a vertical plane. A conventional cable-leveling bird is converted to one version of a cable-steering device by ballasting to maintain the pivot axes of the bird's wings largely vertical. With an orientation sensor for sensing the orientation of the wings, the cable-steering device adjusts the angle of the wings to provide a sideward component of force to steer the streamer.

A power generating system wherein a turbine is mounted on top of a tower or tethered underwater. The turbine includes a rotor having a main blade section connected to a rotor hub and an extender section. An adjusting device positions the extender section between a retracted position within the main blade section and to an extended position to expose more or less of the rotor to the fluid flow. The adjusting device includes a first web-engaging wheel anchored at a hub end of the main blade section and a second web-engaging wheel anchored at a distal end of the main blade section. A web is wound around the first and second web-engaging wheels. The extender section is attached to the web at a hub end of the extender section. A generator is connected to the turbine for generating electrical energy.

A method of analyzing results from an underwater controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey of an area that is thought or known to contain a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is described. The method is based on a wavefield extrapolation of narrow-band electromagnetic field data obtained from pairs of source and receiver locations. The data comprise a plurality of discrete frequencies between 0.01 Hz and 60 Hz. The wavefield extrapolation is performed for each of these discrete frequencies to provide distributions of electromagnetic scattering coefficient as a function of position and depth beneath the survey area. These distributions may then be combined to provide a displayable image of electromagnetic scattering coefficient. The method is able to quickly provide a displayable image that is readily interpretable.

A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water.

A hermetically sealed digital electronic camera that is designed to operate both on land and underwater to great depths, and method of making same. The present invention is a camera which is hermetically sealed by being totally encapsulated, preferably by being cast in plastic, with no seals, holes, joints, penetrating pins, wires or other objects. Wireless means are used for communicating information, electrical power and control signals. The invention is impervious to atmospheric contamination and absolutely incapable of leaking under water to great depths and pressures. In an alternate embodiment camera optics are not encapsulated but are immersed in water when the encapsulated digital camera is placed in water.

A pump unit includes a motor, a pump, a shaft spanning the motor and the pump, and at least a first magnetic bearing supporting the shaft. A hydrocarbon production system includes an underwater well and a pump unit exposed to an underwater environment. The pump unit is operable to pump a production fluid from the well and includes a motor, a pump, a shaft spanning the motor and the pump, and at least a first magnetic bearing supporting the shaft.

An apparatus is described which uses directly modulated InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) or InGaN lasers as the transmitters for an underwater data-communication device. The receiver uses automatic gain control to facilitate performance of the apparatus over a wide-range of distances and water turbidities.

A system and method for pelletizing extruded materials, such as thermoplastic polymers in various pelletizing applications, including underwater, hot face, and strand pelletizing applications, utilizes a high pressure liquid delivered to one or more nozzles which direct a high pressure liquid jet cutting stream at the extruded polymer strand to cut the strand into pellets. The system and method are particularly applicable to underwater pelletizers utilizing water or water-based solutions. In a preferred underwater pelletizing embodiment, a plurality of nozzles are mounted on a rotating nozzle hub which is fed high pressure water through sealed hollow pelletizer and hollow motor shafts. The high pressure water jet cutting streams exiting the rotating nozzles are preferably in the form of a flat V-shaped spray with a spread angle of about 15° to about 45° and an approach angle between 0° and 60°, depending upon the pelletizing application.

A method of analyzing results from an underwater controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey of an area that is thought or known to contain a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is described. The method is based on a wavefield extrapolation of narrow-band electromagnetic field data obtained from pairs of source and receiver locations. The data comprise a plurality of discrete frequencies between 0.01 Hz and 60 Hz. The wavefield extrapolation is performed for each of these discrete frequencies to provide distributions of electromagnetic scattering coefficient as a function of position and depth beneath the survey area. These distributions may then be combined to provide a displayable image of electromagnetic scattering coefficient. The method is able to quickly provide a displayable image that is readily interpretable.

The launch and recovery system provides a dive wing and drogue assembly that is towed behind a ship by cables. The dive wing imparts a downward thrust to the drogue, so that the drogue is towed underwater, placing tension on the cables. The cables become stiff due to the speed of the ship and the weight and depth of the dive wing and drogue assembly, so that the cables take on the character of rails. The boat or watercraft to be launched is placed on a sling carriage that is slidably mounted on the cables, so that the sling slides down the cables, launching the watercraft in the stable wake of the ship. The watercraft is recovered by tying a winch cable or line to the watercraft, winching the watercraft back onto the sling, and winching the sling back onto the fantail of the ship.

A power generating system wherein a turbine is mounted on top of a tower or tethered underwater. The turbine includes a rotor having a main blade section connected to a rotor hub and an extender housing mounted on a top surface of the main blade section. The extender housing has an extender blade stored therein. An adjusting device positions the extender blade between a retracted position within the extender housing and an extended position to expose more or less of the rotor to the fluid flow. A generator is connected to the turbine for generating electrical energy.

The invention relates to a shooting network-based method and system for warning of drowning prevention in a swimming pool. A fixed water camera is installed above a water surface of a swimming pool and a rotatable underwater camera is installed under the water surface of the swimming pool; the water camera and the underwater camera output signals to connect a PC machine or a DSP and a PC machine by video acquisition cards at all paths; the PC machine or the DSP output a control signal to connect an alarm and a stepper motor that controls a cloud platform to make rotations. Besides, the PC machine or the PC machine and the DSP includes / include a spray detection module, a coordinated control module, an underwater drowning determination module and an alarm positioning module. According to the invention, omnibearing and multi-angle warning coverage on a swimming pool can be realized. When a swimmer is drown, the system carries out intelligent determination and emits alarming; and an object position can be provided, so that a lifeguard is warned to carry out rescue at the first time to ensure personal safety of the swimmer.

The invention relates to an underground (underwater) building waterproof device, and in particular to a vertical water-stop structure for a concrete engineering expansion joint as well as a manufacturing and construction methods for the same. The vertical water-stop structure comprises a deformation sheet and channel steel, and is characterized in that the deformation sheet is longitudinally arranged, one half is pre-buried in first-stage concrete, the other half is bulged out of a concrete section and externally arranged in a rectangular channel steel opening, and the channel steel is provided with a fixing element and filled with maltha; the surface of the channel steel opening and the section of the first-stage concrete are provided with asphalt felts at the both sides of the deformation sheet, the exposed fixing element is detached after asphalt is cooled, and then second-stage concrete is arranged. According to the vertical water-stop structure disclosed by the invention, the problem of water seepage of a water conservancy project due to the differential settlement or diastrophism of a stratum can be solved, and moreover, labour can be saved and construction period can be shortened.

The invention discloses an underwater unmanned ship control system. The underwater unmanned ship control system comprises a sealed underwater unmanned ship with zero buoyancy and a water control terminal. A controller, a driving module, a fish finding module and a communication module are arranged in the underwater unmanned ship, the driving module, the fish finding module and the communication module are all connected with the controller, the fish finding module sends a fish finding result to the controller, the controller uploads the fish finding result to the water control terminal through the communication module, the controller uploads the fish finding result of the fish finding module to the water control terminal through the communication module and receives a control command sent by the water control terminal, work among all the modules is adjusted according to the control command, and the driving module is used for driving the sailing direction of the underwater unmanned aerial vehicle. A diving fishing or fish catching function can be achieved, the fish finding module is arranged on the unmanned ship, underwater objects are detected, certain depth diving can be achieved, the fish finding module is used for underwater image collection, remote communication with a bank side can be achieved, and underwater image information is fed back in real time.

Streamer and method for deploying the streamer for seismic data acquisition related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes a step of releasing into the body of water, from a vessel, a body having a predetermined length together with plural detectors provided along the body; a step of towing the body and the plural detectors such that the plural detectors are submerged; and a step of configuring plural birds provided along the body, to float at a predetermined depth from a surface of the water such that a first portion of the body has a curved profile while being towed underwater.

A power transmission system transmits power underwater between a power-transmitting device and a power-receiving device of which at least one is capable of moving freely underwater. In this power transmission system, the power-transmitting device and the power-receiving device are each provided with a resonance coil that performs the power transmission wirelessly underwater by means of magnetic field resonance. At least one of the power-transmitting device and the power-receiving device is provided with a balloon that internally houses the resonance coil of its own device.

The invention relates to a method with strong anti-multi-path capability for processing moveable underwater sound communication signals, including two parts, namely a transmitter processing method and a receiver processing method, wherein the transmitter processing method includes the operations of error correction of coding, data packing, digital interpolation, base band shaping wave filtering, upper modified frequency modulation, and the like; and the receiver processing method includes the operations of digital wave filtering, frame synchronous judgment, preliminary compensation of Dopplerfrequency shift, lower modified frequency modulation, bit synchronous judgment, fine compensation of Doppler frequency shift, digital equalization, error correction of decoding, etc. The invention carries out the intercrossing treatment on technologies of synchronous judgment, compensation of Doppler frequency shift, compensation of multi-path effect, and the like, and guarantees that under the environment of strong Doppler frequency shift, the system can realize the accurate synchronism of signals and carries out real-time estimation and compensation on the effect of strong Doppler frequencyshift; and the adopted blind equalization method can carry out effective tracking compensation on the time varying multi-path effect of an underwater sound signal channel, thereby greatly increasing the integral stability and the bit error rate performance of an underwater sound communication system and enduing the system with the capability of reliable communication during movement.

The invention relates to extruded foaming thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer particles and a preparation method thereof. The particles comprise the following components in parts by weight: 100 parts of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, 0.01-0.5 part of foaming nucleating agent, and 0.01-0.2 part of antioxidant. The preparation method comprises steps of firstly, mixing the materials, then throwing the mixture into an extruder to prill to obtain a bead raw material suitable for foaming, finally, throwing the beads into a special extruder for foaming, and after foaming by an opening die, pelletizing underwater so as to prepare the particles. The thermoplastic polyurethane foaming particles are prepared through an extrusion method; by controlling the foaming technology conditions, the foaming particles are controllable in density and have uniform cell density; the whole production method is simple to operate, has no special limitation and requirement on the equipment, and is applicable to industrial continuous production.

The invention relates to a special additive for an underwater undispersed shrinking-free grouting material, which consists of flocculant, early strength agent, water reducing agent, air-entraining agent and active admixture and is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 4 to 9 percent of the flocculant, 15 to 32 percent of the water reducing agent, 9 to 25 percent of expansion agent, 8 to 30 percent of the early strength agent, 0.04 to 0.7 percent of the air-entraining agent, and 18 to 35 percent of the active admixture. The special additive for the underwater undispersed shrinking-free grouting material can maintain the large fluidity and the micro expansibility of the grouting material, ensure the underwater direct grouting construction without dispersion and segregation, simplify an underwater sealing repairing process, save labor force and avoid environmental pollution to the nearby water area, and has good development prospect.

Lithium metal anode protection, and various semi-fuel cell constructions for use in deep, high pressure seawater or air media are provided. The described lithium semi-fuel cells achieve record high energy densities, due to the high energy density of lithium anode and the use of the cathode reactant from the surrounding media, which is not part of the cell weight, and the use of ultralight and flexible packaging materials. These features make the described semi-fuel cells the ideal choice for powering underwater and air vehicles.

The invention provides an underwater releaser, consisting of an electromotion part, a trigger mechanism, an energy storage mechanism, a speed reduction mechanism, a bidirectional overflow mechanism, a dynamic sealing transmission mechanism and a releasing arm, wherein the electromotion part is positioned inside a pressure-resistant cabin; a lower bottom plate of the pressure-resistant cabin is connected with an isolating cabin so as to jointly form a seawater isolating cabin segment in a circle; the seawater isolating cabin segment is provided with the bidirectional overflow mechanism; and the trigger mechanism, the energy storage mechanism and the speed reduction mechanism are all arranged inside the seawater isolating cabin segment. The underwater releaser adopts the design of combining two blocks of U-shaped magnetic steel, ensuring that the maximum trigger power is close to the scalar sum of the gravitational force and repulsive force between the U-shaped magnetic steel; by using a plane volute spring to store energy and using a gear set to reduce speed, the underwater releaser can provide great releasing power; a seawater isolating cabin is built through the bidirectional overflow design, which avoids seawater impact and the adverse effect of marine organisms; through a rotary unhooking mechanism, the releaser can have greater bearing capacity. The underwater releaser is not only better in watertight reliability, but also can work underwater for a long period of time without replacing components.