Exploration • Drilling • Field Services
Fig. 1. Simulation of FCV3000 ROV about to perform NDT inspection of jacket tubulars.
Visualisation, simulation and remote control technologies are now playing a bigger part in the installation, inspection and maintenance of subsea and sea floor equipment. Simon Marr reports.
Las tecnologías de visualización, simulación y control remoto tienen un papel cada vez más importante en la instalación, inspección y mantenimiento de los equipos para fondos marinos y submarinos. Informa Simon Marr.
Visualisierungs-, Simulations- und Fernüberwachungs- technologien spielen jetzt bei der Installation, Inspektion und Wartung von Unterseeausrüstung und Ausrüstung auf dem Meeresgrund eine größere Rolle. Simon Marr berichtet.
A clearer view subsea R
emotely operated vehicles (ROVs) equipped with video cameras, positioning and imaging sensors and intervention tooling are now
routinely used to inspect and repair subsea pipelines and structures at depths where divers cannot operate. Piloting a valuable ROV in close proximity to subsea assets requires considerable skill to complete missions without problems. Fugro’s DeepWorks ROV pilot training and mission planning simulator, uses real-time dynamic and hydrodynamic modelling of the actual vehicle systems to give operators a highly realistic subsea operations training environment. Fugro Robotic Technologies’ principal
product range is called DeepWorks and is licensed to satisfy different customer needs. It can be used as an ROV trainer, as an engineering simulator and as a live operations visualisation and monitoring tool.
Te DeepWorks ROV pilot training simulator incorporates physical, hydraulic and electrical component libraries that allow Fugro to quickly build up the actual characteristics of the customer’s vehicle,
sub-systems and tooling. DeepWorks brings fully force-modelled physics-based simulation to subsea and ROV operations, so that all bodies in the virtual world interact and respond to forces, collisions and environmental conditions in the same way they would in the real world. Normally integrated with a real console, the pilot gains familiarity through interactive feedback in much the same way they would when navigating the real vehicle or using one of its power tools. DeepWorks also interconnects with cables, tethers, vessels and other operational components all of which can be controlled, driven, and winched in realistic fashion. High fidelity 3-D graphics rendering is provided with fine control of environmental parameters and sonar data representation. Te resulting information is true to life and provides 3-D graphical recording of tailored training tasks or real mission rehearsals based on true physics-based outcomes. Pilot training must give an objective
measure of key pilot competencies to satisfy IMCA guidelines for performing specific tasks, using realistic operator
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