Design and testing of a miniature variable buoyancy system for underwater vehicles

M Elkolali, A Al-Tawil, A Alcocer - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buoyancy-driven underwater vehicles are key tools for obtaining data from the ocean.
Underwater gliders and profiling floats, equipped with sensors, provide crucial information …

Buoyancy engine developed for underwater gliders

K Asakawa, K Watari, H Ohuchi, M Nakamura… - Advanced …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A buoyancy engine with a swashplate-type axial piston pump was developed. Its oil
extrusion and drawing properties under high hydraulic pressure were evaluated. This …

Deep NINJA: A new float for deep ocean observation developed in Japan

T Kobayashi, K Amaike, K Watanabe… - … IEEE symposium on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We will introduce a new profiling float for deep ocean, Deep NINJA, which has been
developed by Tsurumi Seiki Co. Ltd. and JAMSTEC. A prototype is designed to observe the …

Deep NINJA: A new profiling float for deep ocean observation

T Kobayashi, K Asakawa, T Kawano… - … Ocean and Polar …, 2012 - onepetro.org
The importance of deep ocean observations in accurately understanding oceanic effects on
anthropogenic climate changes has been gradually recognized. One suitable device for …