ROV Specifications

of the ROV's monitoring/working the damaged Deep Water Horizon Rigs riser on the Macondo property 

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Item	Value		Item	Value		Item	Value
Operating depth	30m - 3000m		Dimensions (with tracks)	Length 185.25” Width 102” Height 120.5”		Weight	in air 11500 kg in water neutral
Payload	up to 250 kg		Vehicle power	2x250 shaft HP, 4160 VAC, 3 phase, 4 poles Frequency 60 Hz Max load current 42 Amp. Rotational speed 1800 rpm			Automatic Depth Control
Heading control	Automatic heading control Depth sensor Altitude sensor Automatic Altitude Control Pitch and Roll sensors Automatic Pitch and Roll Control		Thrusters	8 horizontal 17” nozzle vectored 4 vertical 15” nozzle vectored longitudinal thrust 3000 kg transversal thrust 1100 kg		Cameras	2 Color zoom CCD Camera (Hi resolution) Tritech Orion NTSC Res. 460 lines, zoom 12:1 1 color 3-Chip CCD Camera (Hi resolution) Tritech Aries NTSC Res. 750 lines, zoom 14:1 super wide angle 2 Monocrome silicon intensified target
camera	Tritech Gemini NTSC Res. 700 lines, lens 12.5 mm wide angle 2 Monocrome CCD Camera Apollo/Omni (low light) NTSC Res. 550 lines, wide angle Digital NTSC still camera (W/feed) Benthos DSC 4000 1 x SIT mono (Osprey OE1323)		Lighting	4 Deep Ocean Eng. HMI/MSR400 400 Watt sodium Arc. 8 Remote Ocean System Miniversa Beam Spot 250 Watt Halogen 4 Remote Ocean System QL3000 Flood 250 Watt Halogen		Pan & tilt units	5 Hydrolek 360/120, Pan 360deg, Tilt +/-60deg
Navigation System	Ultrashort baseline acoustic Long baseline acoustic		Recovery devices	Flasher Radio beacon Direction finding receiver Acoustic transponder Obstacle avoidance Sonar Dual Sonar Ranging Altimeters
Cable tracking system	nnovatum Ultra System Model #44 AC cable location DC cable location Passive cable location Cable cutter : HCV100 WEBTOOL Cutting capacity 4” Cable Max hydraulic pressure 9280 psi Weight in air 64 lbs Cable gripper : SEL TA17 – 23 TONNE		Cable diameter	100 mm armoured Max hydraulic pressure 165 bar Weight in air/water 35 – 25 kg		Manipulators	interfacing for 2 manipulators
			Umbilical Diameter	38.2 mm

General Instrumentation
	Hydraulics interface for: 12 function thruster valve pack 2 thrusters bearing housing compensator 3 x 12 station solenoid valve pack 2 distribution manifolds 1 pressure distribution manifold 2 pressure control manifold 2 hydraulic power units and relevant Compensators 2 main compensators 2 manipulator compensators HP water pump start manifold Hydraulic Power Pack Sensor Pressure Oil contents volume for each compensator	Motor temperature Flow sensors Alarm system Water ingress to all enclosures Jetting tool max trench depth 1.5 m Min/max trench width 50-500 mm HP min/max water flow 350-570 m3/h HP min/max water pressure 5.8-9.3 bar LP water flow 700 m3/h LP water pressure 1.2 bar Dredging system Max suction flow 110 m3/h Max high water pressure/flow 9 bar/45 m3/h Fire hose Functions: extension, pan/tilt (500mm,+/- 7.5deg-45 deg) Min/max flow rate 230-570 m3/h Min/max water pressure 7.2-9.3 bar