Toward Developing an Improved Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Numerical Model for High Flow Tidal Environment

芬迪湾的高能量海洋环境提供了大量相对未开发的潮汐形式的可再生能源。在这种情况下，获取这种能源的能源转换技术越来越多地投入使用，越来越需要可靠的工具，可以用来检查水下基础设施并在持续的时间内与之互动。在过去几年中，新斯科舍省潮汐社区扩大了其海洋作业能力，但仍然存在一些未知因素和风险，与这种作业相关的费用很高。因此，降低潮汐能征税成本的下一步是改善遥控车辆(ROV)等关键安装工具的性能。在此背景下，动态系统分析公司(DSA)是一家海洋工程咨询和软件公司，提供先进和可访问的动态分析专业知识和软件，以降低恶劣海洋环境中的作业风险。该公司现在寻求新斯科舍社区学院(NSCC)的工程支持，以进一步增强他们的产品ProteusDS软件的水动力性能。这将有助于减少海洋作业的风险，从而增加ProteuDS软件用户在诸如芬迪湾等高流量潮汐环境中的经济活动。这一结果将有助于使潮汐能这一清洁、可预测和可再生能源的供应与加拿大的其他能源供应选择保持一致。

The high-energy Bay of Fundy marine environment offers a vast relatively untapped source of renewable energy in the form of tides. In this context, energy conversion technologies that harvest this energy source are increasingly coming on-line, and dependable tools that can be used to inspect and interact with submerged infrastructure over sustained periods are increasingly needed. In the past few years, the Nova Scotia tidal community has augmented its marine operational capacity, but some unknowns and risks still exist, and the cost associated with such operations are high. A next step in reducing tidal energy levilized costs is therefore improving the performance of key installation tools, such as Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). In this context, Dynamic Systems Analysis (DSA) is an ocean engineering consultancy and software company providing progressive and accessible dynamic analysis expertise and software to enable risk reduction for operations in harsh marine environments. The company now seeks the engineering support of Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) to further enhance the hydrodynamic performance of their product, the ProteusDS software. This will support risk reduction in marine operations, thus increasing economic activities of the ProteuDS software users in high flow tidal environments such as the Bay of Fundy. The outcome will contribute to bringing the supply of tidal energy, a clean, predictable and renewable energy source, in line with other energy supply options in Canada.