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A passive heave compensator is designed to enhance the operation safety of a 4.5 km remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This paper proposes a novel idea of designing a compensator with relatively low natural period to optimize gas volume and while adding a special device to remove the problem of ineffectiveness and resonance in long seas. Numerical simulations are done based on serious dynamic model of the whole system, including the compensator, the umbilical tether and the vehicle, solved by the fourth-order Runge-Kutta scheme. The compensator provides great attenuation of motion and tension in most sea states. As the working depth increases, the system natural period decreases, resulting in the occurrence of risk of resonance. By regulating the system damping, the compensator can be effective in these situations.
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Foundation item: the National High Technology Research and Development Program (863) of China (No. 2008AA092301-1), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50909061), and the PH. D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20070248103)
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Wu, Kt., Yao, Bh., Fu, B. et al. Research on the performance of passive heave compensator for tethered remotely operated vehicle system. J. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. (Sci.) 16, 40–44 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12204-011-1092-9
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