• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.389-399
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• 2016

This paper presents the explorations of hydrothermal vents located in the Marina Arc and Back Arc Basin using the deep-sea ROV Hemire. These explorations were conducted by KRISO and KIOST to demonstrate the capability of Hemire in various applications for deep-sea scientific research. The missions included the following: (1) to search the reported vents, (2) conduct visual inspections, (3) deploy/recover a sediment trap and bait traps, (4) sample sediment/water/rock, (5) measure the magnetic field at the vent site, and (6) acquire a detailed map using multi-beam sonar near the bottom. We installed three HD cameras for precise visual inspection, a high-temperature thermometer, a three-component magnetometer, and a multi-beam sonar to acquire details of the bottom contour or identify vents in the survey area. The explorations were performed in an expedition from March 23 to April 5, 2016, and the missions were successfully completed. This paper discusses the operational process, navigation, and control of Hemire, as well as the exploration results.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.287-295
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• 2018

This paper presents the results of an exploration of the ferromanganese crusts of Western Pacific Seamount registered by the Korean government. This area has been surveyed with a deep-sea camera and crust samples have been acquired by deep-sea dredging since 2013. On October 18-19, 2017, a united research team from KIOST and KRISO explored two blocks, OSM11 and OSM07, on the seamount using Hemire ROV. A precise survey was conducted on the ferromanganese crusts and sediments covering the slope/top of OSM11 and the middle flat area of OSM07. Rock samples were collected with precise positioning, and HD videos were recorded for 7 hours. This paper discusses the technical issues of this exploration in terms of (1) how to deal with an emergency situation during an electric power blackout, (2) the improvement of the thruster power by adding cooling plugs to the housings of the thruster amplifiers, (3) the relative motion of the depressor by changing the fixing method of the cable terminator, which affects the service life of the cable, (4) a sampling technique for the steep slope of the seamount, (5) integrated navigation under a USBL blackout, and (6) a 3-dimensional image mosaic for visualizing the distribution state of the crusts.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.289-299
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• 2019

Various sizes of ROVs are being utilized in offshore industrial, scientific, and military applications all around the world. Because of innovative developments in science and technology, image acquisition devices such as sonar devices and cameras have been reduced in size and their performance has been improved. Thus, we can expect better accuracy and higher resolution even in the case of exploration using a small ROV. The purpose of this paper is to prepare a standard procedure for the identification of unidentified hazardous materials found during the National Oceanographic Survey. In this paper, we propose an IDEF (Integrated DEFinition) method modeling technique to identify unidentified targets using a small ROV. In accordance with the proposed procedure, an ROV survey was carried out on target No.16 with a four-ton-class fishing boat as a support vessel on September 18th of 2018 in the sea near Daebu Island. Unidentified targets, which were not known by the multi-beam data obtained from the ship, could be identified as concrete pipes by analyzing the HD camera and high-resolution sonar images acquired by the ROV. The whole proposed procedure could be verified, and the survey with the small ROV required about 10 days to identify the target in one place.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2017

This paper presents the operations of a multi-beam echo sounder (MBES) installed on the deep-sea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Hemire. Hemire explored hydrothermal vents in the Forecast volcano located near the Mariana Trench in March of in 2006. During these explorations, we acquired profiling points on the routes of the vehicle using the MBES. Information on the position, depth, and attitude of the ROV are essential to obtain higher accuracy for the profiling quality. However, the MBES installed on Hemire does not have its own position and depth sensors. Although it has attitude sensors for roll, pitch, and heading, the specifications of these sensors were not clear. Therefore, we had to merge the high-performance sensor data for the motion and position obtained from Hemire into the profiling data of the MBES. Then, we could properly convert the profiling points with respect to the Earth-fixed coordinates. This paper describes the integration of the MBES with Hemire, as well as the coordinate conversion between them. Bathymetric maps near the summit of the Forecast volcano were successfully collected through these processes. A comparison between the bathymetric maps from the MBES and those from the Onnuri Research Vessel, the mother ship of the ROV Hemire for these explorations, is also presented.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2019

본 논문은 트랙기반 중작업용 ROV(Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle)에 적용 가능한 어라운드 뷰 소나 및 굴착깊이 측정 소나의 성능 검증에 대한 내용을 다루고 있다. 현재 국산화 개발 중인 중작업용 ROV에 활용 가능한 어라운드 뷰 소나 및 굴착깊이 측정 소나를 장착하여 수조 및 실해역에서 성능 검증 실험을 수행하였다. 어라운드 뷰 소나의 경우 이미지 소나를 ROV 전후좌우 4방향에 장착하고, 굴착깊이 측정 소나는 멀티 빔 음향측심기(Multi Beam Echo Sounder, MBES) 기술로써 ROV 전방에 장착된다. 본 논문에서 개발한 소나를 장착하고 ROV를 실해역에 진수시켜 소나를 운용한 결과 소나 시스템들은 작업 중 발생하는 침전된 부유물이 발생하거나 탁도가 높은 해역에 영향을 거의 받지 않으며 어라운드 뷰 소나의 경우 ROV 전방 30 m 거리에 있는 암반지형, 자갈, 모래톱 등을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 굴착깊이 측정 소나의 경우 ROV가 굴착 작업을 수행 후 굴착 깊이를 측정 가능함을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 어라운드 뷰 소나와 굴착깊이 측정 소나를 활용함으로써 작업효율성을 높일 수 있음을 입증하였다.