"ZHONG SHAN DA XUE JI DI" Icebreaker comprehensive investigation equipment

"ZHONG SHAN DA XUE JI DI" Icebreaker equipped with various advanced investigation equipment, forming an integrated detection network for the sky、land and sea. it includes atmospheric composition detection, sea air environmental element detection, ocean hydrological parameter measurement, seabed topography and geology measurement, ice zone element detection, etc., meeting with the interdisciplinary research needs of ocean polar hydrology、chemistry、biology and geophysics.

Deck support equipment

Stern A-frame

Stern A-frame

Equipment parameters:

● Load: static state 30t/dynamic state 15t 
● Pivot angle: 70 ° outward and 80 °inward 
● Spacing between column:8 meters  
● Lifting point height for deck:12.3meters 

Geological winch

Geological winch

Equipment parameters:

● Storage cable length: 12000 meters
● Traction load:15t
● Running accuracy:0.02m/s
● Brake load:27t

Using:

The stern A-frame is used together with a geological winch to support comprehensive survey equipment detection operations through ship stern to deployment and recovery, including geological trawls, benthic trawls, gravity column samplers, box samplers, geological grabs, submersibles, buoys, AUV, etc.

 

CTD winch and A-frame

CTD winch and A-frame

Equipment parameters:

Load:4t 
● Storage cable length: 8000 meters
Running accuracy:0.02m/s
Gantry size:4.5M of height,3M of width

Folding boom crane

Folding boom crane

Equipment parameters:

● Load:15t@10M/6t@20M(static state) ,
    6t@10M/3t@20M(emergency state)
● Lifting height:40 meters

● Rotation angle:360o

Using:

The CTD winch and A-frame are mainly used for the deployment and recovery of deep water temperature and salinity profile measurement systems, and can also be used to support light equipment operations such as landers and plankton trawls; The folding boom crane is used to support the transfer and lifting needs of ship materials, instruments, and survey equipment on the deck.

 

Scientific investigation equipment

Atmospheric composition/ sea air environmental element of detection equipment

Meteorological element observation system
Atmospheric composition observation shelter
MICROTOPSII
Air-sea flux observation system

Marine hydrological parameter measurement equipment

75KHZADCP
acoustic and hydrological measurement submarine system
Marine magnetic measurement system
Marine gravity measurement system
Deep water temperature and salinity profile measurement systemsSurface seawater collection system  

Submarine topographic and geological survey Equipment

Underwater high-definition camera system
Towed low-frequency acoustic emission system  
Low frequency and large depth suspended sound source system
Underwater 3D laser scanning system
Under ice dual sport mode AUV 
Polar V-shaped layout full sea depth multi beam sounding system

Ice zone element detection equipment

Sea ice temperature observation system
Ice-penetrating radar
Polar C-band scatterometer
Polar L-band dual polarization radiometer
Ice navigation radar

Positioning navigation equipment

Long baseline positioning system

Fiber optic gyrocompass
High-precision inertial navigation system
High-power and high-precision Doppler log
Dynamic positioning system
Polar USBL underwater acoustic positioning system