INNOVATIVE NEW ROV TECHNOLOGY UTILISING WATER HYDRAULICS

Hydraulics of Vascular Water Transport

The science of plant water transport is equal parts of physics and biology. Plants have evolved a complex wick system that harnesses the cohesive hydrogen bond energy of liquid water and suppresses the heterogeneous nucleation of caVitation. Trade-offs between making the wick safe against cavitation and implosion, yet efficient in moving water, result in the process being limiting to plant perf...

ROV / AUV Trends Market and Technology By Lukas

ROV market and technology trends Global ROV vehicle sales in 2010 totaled approximately $850 million. In 2010, oil and gas purchased approximately 50% of ROVs, while ROV sales for defense & security and scientifi c research equaled 25% for each sector. Market drivers for ROVs are offshore drilling, the security environment, and the need for ocean data. The prospect for offshore drilling varies ...

Plant hydraulics: new discoveries in the pipeline.

Increasing numbers of plant scientists are recognizing the importance of hydraulic design in determining plant function. Hydraulic design – which can be broadly defined as the functional properties of the plant vascular system – is a determinant not only of plant water balance but also of photosynthetic rates and ecological niche differentiation. Classic approaches (Tyree & Zimmermann, 2002) an...

Innovative Algae Dewatering Technology

Abstract This paper describes a novel technology for dewatering of bio materials, such as algae, for biofuel production and other applications. This hydrodynamic separation (HDS) technology uses customized fluid flow patterns to focus suspended particulates into a well-defined band near a side wall of a curved channel, and where they can be separated off with a suitably designed flow splitter. ...

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