iSPHERE - Oil Spill And Current Tracking Buoy Brochure

iSPHEREiSPHEREThe iSPHERE is an expendable, low cost, bi-directional spherical drifting buoy. The drifter was developed to meet the demanding needs of the offshore oil industry, ocean freight industry and the oceanographic scientific community. The buoy was designed specifically to track and monitor oil spill incidences. The iSPHERE drifter also provides the user with essential real-time sea surface temperature data and GPS positional data.The robust design of the iSPHERE allows the buoy to be deployed effortlessly from a vessel or an oil platform. The standard operating life of the buoy is approximately 180-365* days. OIL SPILL AND CURRENT TRACKING BUOYOIL SPILL AND CURRENT TRACKING BUOYBi-directional CommunicationBi-directional CommunicationLow Cost Telemetry SolutionLow Cost Telemetry SolutionRobust DesignRobust Design iSPHERE21 Thornhill Drive - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1R9 - CANADA / Tel : +1 902 468 2505 / Fax : +1 902 468 4442www.metocean.com / sales@metocean.comKey FeaturesTechnical Specifications Buoy DimensionsSurface Unit Diameter 15.50 inches (39.5 cm)Mass (in air) 24 lbs. (10.9 kg) Buoy ConstructionSurface Unit Injection molded high impact ABSStorageStorage temperature -20C to +55C (-4F to 131F)Storage life Up to 24 monthsSurvivalTemperature -40C to +70C (-40F to 158F)Sea state SS6Deployment free fall height 33 ft (10m) into waterOperationAir temperature -20C to 50C (-4F to 122F)Water temperature -2C to +45C (28F to 113F)Relative humidity 0 to 100% marine environmentBarometric pressure (optional) 800 to 1060 mbarSea state SS5Operating life 180-365* daysStorage life Up to 24 monthsStorage temperature -20C to +55C (-4F to 131F)Time reference UTC and Julian hourTransmission Interval 1 message every 30 minutes (standard)* Operational life is dependent upon sensor suite, transmission interval and storage conditions.Data Collection• Data acquisition: 6 samples each of SST and VBAT acquired at 20 seconds interval averaged• Transmission interval: Once every 30 minutes• GPS position acquired at XX:30:XX and XX:60:00• Sea Surface Temperature and Battery Voltage acquisition starts at XX:03:00 and XX:33:00Electronics• MetOcean’s Global Platform Transceiver Controller™ • Navman Jupiter 32 Global Positioning System module• Iridium 9601 Short Burst Data transceiverData Transmission• Bidirectional communication ability allows the end user to select on demand Iridium transmission interval according to operational requirements• Transmissions can be set up at predetermined schedule intervals and / or poll the unit for immediate results• Data latency is less than 60 seconds from start of transmission Data collection and communication expertsOIL SPILL AND CURRENT TRACKING BUOY iSphere_front.pdf iSphere_back