DataFish

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DataFish® is North Sea System’s metocean survey buoy for high flow marine environments. By providing real time data and undertaking long duration, multi-application surveys, the system reduces the risk and cost of metocean data collection. DataFish® is the only system able to provide real time data from tidal energy sites.

  • Customisable, multi-instrument platform
  • Real-time data transmission
  • ADCP flow monitoring
  • Acoustic monitoring
  • Wind & atmospheric data
  • Wave measurements
  • Surface & subsea video images
  • GPS locator
  • On-board power generation

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Datafish Sales Brochure  Datafish brochure

Top Mounted Sensors

The DataFish® uses an innovative buoy design that maximises buoyancy, minimises drag and allows a relatively light weight mooring to be used as the anchor. The surface buoy houses a battery bank and a hydro-generator for long duration deployments, a datalogger which records and time stamps all data, an anemometer, a GPS and wet sensors.

Key Benefits

  • Data instantly transferred via GSM modem or iridium satellite to a headquarters.
  • Remote health monitoring of the system
  • Navigational Safety – buoy is marked and lit in accordance with IALA standards to ensure that it presents minimal navigational risk

Mid Water Column Mounted Sensors

North Sea Systems have developed a stable platform to enable instrumentation mounting at a mid water column height, providing a capability to measure turbulence, acoustics, turbidity and other key environmental characteristics. Data will be provided in real-time and the entire assembly can be installed and recovered from a small workboat fitted with a crane.

Key Benefits

  • Stable, mid water column platform enabling accurate monitoring of subsea characteristics.
  • A variable height suits different customer requirements or location parameters.
  • Sensors can now be positioned closer than ever before to a known object (for example the hub of a tidal turbine).

Bottom Mounted Sensors

By mounting instruments on the seabed, the DataFish® can incorporate instruments which need a fixed location, completing the full package North Sea Systems can offer. An electrical umbilical will link the mooring with the buoy, thereby providing a conductive path for power and data transmission. This system is adaptable to link with existing sensors and subsea platforms.

Key Benefits

  • Plug and play system allows for integration of other subsea platforms and different instrumentation types.
  • Integration of a broader range of instruments including hydrophone, camera and sonar, increasing the flexibility and multi-purpose use of the DataFish®.
  • In-built power generation on the DataFish® will enable continuous survey of 6 months or more

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North Sea Systems have developed an online data analysis platform to provide immediate feedback on the site characteristics being captured. The image shown provides an insight into the client-facing analytics tool. Each client is given a login name and password to access their data, and the graphical manner in which it is represented is tailored to meet their needs.

Key Benefits

  • Data validation and cleansing provides user with high accuracy and reliability of data.
  • Secure online access to data.
  • Customisable reports draws fast conclusions from site characteristics.
  • Ability to combine external data from other sources.

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