help wanted on information

You might want to have a look at the website http://www.rov.net .
Just click on ROV Faq in the menu.

Websites about Homebuilt ROV’s can give you some info too.

You might try a peer-to-peer program to find info in pdf format, but as far as I know you won’t find much.

Something that might be of use to you is to investigate the "3.4u inspection course"; that pretty much describes a large chunk of what ROVs are used for – identify the sort of sensors used and then perhaps go to the manufacturers web-sites;

for example;

rov manufacturers; perry, slingsby, seaeye & subatlantic,

sensor supermarkets!

seatronics, DPS, TSS international, tritech & kongsberg

manipulators (terminator arms!)

schilling,

This is not a conclusive list, but it’d give you a good start.

offload the datasheets for the different tools; this might be good if you are presenting a chapter on a "review of the current state of art?"

I could decimate 30-50 pages on sensor reviews alone. Lots of material.

If you want a real insight into the state of affairs, get yourself up to Aberdeen for the first week in September. The conference is called Offshore Europe – over 150 companies exhibiting.

Cost you quids for the train, stay up at Hillhead halls in Aberdeen University or something – get all the info you need – no trawling around web-sites. 5 days you’ll not have to f"ck around for information – research done. Pretend you’re an offshore oil big wig and get yourself free sandwhiches too. 😆

Good luck with writing it- is this a 4th year diss?

Ah well, Offshore Europe was only a suggestion.

3.4u is one level of certification carried by some inspectors who tend to accompany ROVs on certain programmes of inspecton work.

In the coursework notes there are a lot of explanations of the technologies which are required to qualify the state of an asset in terms of things like surface quality, presence and extent of marine growth, metal thickness, etc.

The reason why I mention it is that it pretty much embodies most of the inspection work in which ROVs are used in the north sea. I had a copy somewhere were there is even a review of teh sort of technologies available to do this;

photogrammetry, acoustic, visual, radiation penetration, ultrasonic thickness measurement, etc.

It would probably be beneficial to you to understand the sort of tasks that ROVs are routinely used on ?

Not sure about electronic version – it may be copyright, so you might be better searching for it, or asking the inspection school for a copy? Dig a bit.

UK oil field production for each and every field is declared on a monthly basis – can get it online from dti (department of trade and industry).

(I’m not absolutely sure what you’re asking for here – something lost in translation possibly? )

I have absolutely no idea- never read them. Can’t you just do a loan from a library – inter library loan?