Articles and Case Studies from OceanAlpha Group Ltd.

M75 USV Rescues Two Drowning Victims From South China Sea - Case Study

Equipment: M75 autonomous security & rescue vessel Main process: On June 27 2018, two drowning victims were rescued by Oceanalpha’s M75 unmanned surface vessel(USV). This a very rare application, even on a global scale, of USV ...

May 16, 2019

Oceanalpha Develops Commercial Shipping USV - Case Study

Oceanalpha has announced that, in conjunction with China Classification Society (CCS), Zhuhai Municipal Government and Wuhan University of Technology, it has launched a project to develop a small unmanned surface vessel (USV) for ...

May 16, 2019

Joint operation of M40 USV +3D Side scan sonar+ MS400 multibeam sounding system - Case Study

Location: The dangerous section of Longwan bridge in Foshan city and the harbors of Taishan power station in Tangshan bay, Taishan city Date: April 25-28, 2018 Instrument: Oceanalpha M40 multi-purpose unmanned boat Beijing Anderson ...

May 16, 2019

ME70 Offshore Underwater Topography Survey of Zhuhai Delta Island - Case Study

Background: Water around the offshore area of Zhuhai Delta island is very shallow where large ships are unable to access. It would take lots of time and effort if surveyed by traditional manned boats, and both the data quality and the safety of ...

May 16, 2019

M80 USV Conducts the Underwater Topographic Survey in The Antarctica - Case Study

Location: Inexpressible island, Ross Sea, the Antarctica Time: December 2017 Equipment: M80USV + Reson T50P multibeam sonar; SE40 USV + SOUTH SDE_18 singlebeam sonar User: China National Oceanic Administration Nanhai ...

May 16, 2019

SL20 Unmanned Boat Surveys Three Plateau Glacial Lakes in Tibet - Case Study

On October 11, 2018, a six-person expedition team consisting of surveyors from OceanAlpha, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Zurich, Switzerland made their way to Tibet with an OceanAlpha ...

May 15, 2019

SL20 USV Conducts Topographic Survey To A River Section - Case Study

Date: April 16, 2019 Location: A River Section Near Youyi Bridge in Xiangyang City, Wuhan Facility: SL20 Autonomous Survey USV River condition: Relatively strong wind, waves over 10cm high, with ships passing by. Mission: Utilize ...

May 15, 2019

ESM30 conducts autonomous water sampling and monitoring - Case Study

Background Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei province in central China which has 166 lakes that cover 2,217 square km approximately counting 25% of the city. Its water coverage is one of the world’s highest. The Wuhan Environmental ...

May 15, 2019

ESM30丨USV collect water samples from 53 lakes - Case Study

Time: June 2015 Equipment: ESM30 USV, portable monitoring instruments Main Process: Wuhan City plans to conduct water quality surveys on 53 lakes. We use the ESM30 USV to collect water samples from lakes, and monitor and record water ...

May 15, 2019

ESM30丨USV cooperates with UAV to monitor water quality - Case Study

ESM30丨USV cooperates with UAV to monitor water quality Time: June 2016 Equipment: ESM 30 USV, UAV Background: Governor Zhu Xiaodan went to Shantou city, Guangdong province to investigate the effectiveness of ...

May 15, 2019

USV assists in polluted water management by autonomous water sampling and monitoring - Case Study

Site: 9 rivers in Zhenjiang City（total 120km） USV: ESM30 & MM70 Monitoring points: We set up one monitoring point in every 400 meter, end up with 310 points in total, to monitor the water quality ...

May 15, 2019

SS30丨USV Handles with Water Pollution Emergency Caused by Tianjin Port Explosion - Case Study

Background At about 23:30 on August 12, 2015, the dangerous goods warehouse of Ruihai Company in Tianjin Port of Tianjin was exploding. The total energy of the explosion in this accident equals about 450 tons of TNT. More than 100 kinds of ...

May 15, 2019

ME40 Conducts Autonomous Bathymetric Survey in Zhenjiang city - Case Study

Time: April, 2015 Location: Jiangxinzhou, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Company: Shanghai Waterway Engineering Design and Consulting Co.,Ltd. Project Background: The survey project needs to measure the depth of shallow water area in Yangtze River. ...

May 15, 2019

ME40 丨OceanAlpha Delivers Innovative USV Solution to Mining Industry - Case Study

OceanAlpha’s autonomous bathymetric survey boat ME40 for hydrographic survey has been applied to the mining industry for tailing dam surveys, in addition to its common application in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and ...

May 15, 2019

CL40Y丨 USV conduct flow measurement in Huangyang river - Case Study

Time: August 2015 Site: Huangyang river, Baijiao hydrological station, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province Equipment: CL40Y Remote measuring unmanned ship, Sontek RiverSurveyor-M9 flow instrument. Maid process: Huangyang river, 14 ...

May 15, 2019

ME120 surveys water transfer channels with side scan sonar - Case Study

Date: November 11, 2018 Location: Key water transfer channel in Henan, China USV: ME120 Autonomous survey boat Instrument: LCocean side scan sonar Mission: Underwater cement block detection, underwater building damage detection, and ...

May 15, 2019

SL40 USV Conducts Underwater Topography Survey To A Navigable River Section - Case Study

Date: April 18, 2019 Location: A River Section Near Dongjin Bridge in Xiangyang City, Wuhan Facility: SL40 Autonomous Survey USV River condition: Relatively strong wind, waves over 10cm high, with ships passing by. Mission: ...

May 8, 2019

Autonomous water sampling and monitoring boat used in Black smelly water management - Case Study

Site: 9 rivers in Zhenjiang City（total 120km） Equipment: sample collection monitoring USV ESM30 OR MM70 Monitoring stations set up:each400m set up one station(total 310stations), monitoring under water surface 0.5m Monitoring ...

May 14, 2018

Antimony leak huge pollution emergency in Ginsu - Case Study

Time: November, 2015. Emergency equipment : sample collection ship, monitoring USV The Yunzhou emergency team and environmental protection department professor survey team carry USV to scene of accident Lueyang Xian, Shanxi province and Guangyuan ...

May 14, 2018

UAV and USV operate with environmental monitoring case - case study

Time: June,2016. Equipment: sample collection monitoring USV,UAV The USV and UAV carry through water and air environmental monitoring, which is best way with fast , efficient , accurate and obtain evidence day and night.Our UAV ...

Jun. 2, 2017

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