JAMSTEC system commissioned

摘要

UK-based WFS Technologies and NuStar Technologies and Precision Technologies of Singapore have successfully completed the commissioning of a new subsea system, the Submarine Mineral Genesis Monitoring System, for the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). "For scientific purposes, JAMSTEC is planning to study the genesis of submarine resources at the hydrothermal vents area in Japanese waters," explained a spokesman for WFS. "Some of the challenges faced during this operation are the streamlining of subsea data logging operations, working at depths of up to 2000 metres, managing the signal conversion electronics at water temperatures of near boiling point and reducing power consumption for longer duration subsea application."