Design of A Ballast Tank For A Small Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)

• Main Author: Mohd Ubaidillah bin Mohd Kamal, Mohd Ubaidillah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3818/1/Final_Report-part1.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/3818/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle is tethered marine robots that are widely used in oil and gas industry. Underwater vehicles such as ROVs operate while tethered to a surface ship, and must be able to surface and submerge, thus requiring dynamic buoyancy control. ROVs also require dynamic buoyancy...