A Phased Engineering Program to Build a New 6500-M Research Submersible for the U.S. Scientific Community: The New Alvin

主要研究者：巴里瓦尔登学院：WHOI提案编号：0433409 WHOI提议为美国海洋学界设计和建造一个新的、最先进的6500米深潜研究载人潜水器（HOV），以取代DSV Alvin。 过去四十年来，“阿尔文”号深潜器通过提供定期进入深海海底并进行观测、取样和绘图研究的能力，帮助我们彻底改变了对海底地质过程和海底生态系统的认识，在塑造我们地球的生物、化学和地质过程方面取得了重要发现。拟议中的HOV替代品将是一种更坚固和技术先进的深潜器，并且仍然能够在仅对船舶进行微小修改的R/V Atlantis上运行。 拟议的设计科学要素包括许多尖端技术，如可变压载系统，以便进行中层水柱研究，使用新的电池系统，以增加底部时间和深度能力，达到95%的海底。 这些独特技术的实施将使科学用户能够增强能力，并扩大海洋学学科的套件，从而能够使用深潜器进行研究。

Principal Investigator: Barrie WaldenInstitution: WHOIProposal #: 0433409WHOI proposes to design and build a new, state-of-the-art 6500 meter deep submergence research human occupied vehicle (HOV) for the U.S. oceanographic community to replace the DSV Alvin. By providing the capability to routinely access the deep seafloor and conduct observational, sampling and mapping studies, DSV Alvin has, over the past four decades, helped to revolutionize our understanding of seafloor geologic processes and benthic ecosystems, making important discoveries about the biological, chemical and geological processes that shape our planet. The proposed HOV replacement will be a more robust and technologically advanced deep submergence vehicle, and will still be capable of operating off of the R/V Atlantis with only minor ship modifications. Proposed scientific elements of the design include many cutting edge technologies, such as a variable ballast system to allow for midwater column research, use of new battery systems to increase bottom time and depth capability to reach 95 per cent of the ocean bottom. Implementation of these unique technologies will allow science users enhanced capabilities and expand the suite of oceanographic disciplines that will be able to use a deep submersible for research.***