[PSUBS-MAILIST] O2 tanks

Sun Jul 2 09:32:59 EDT 2017

Alan, while you have the hatch interlock to protect from trying to dive the
boat if hatch is open or if O2 and Air pressures are low, I would be a bit
worried about a pilot weight switch tied to a solenoid on any part of the
O2 supply (O2 supply interlock). This would be a NC solenoid valve so
what happens if you loose power, your O2 to the boat would be offline if
this valve was in the main supply line.  You would need a manual O2
override to be able to bypass this valve and have O2 makeup when all power
is off.

With the intent of letting someone else pilot the one man boat, I think you
can handle issues like O2 and air supply valve state by having a series of
checklist the pilot performs with the surface coordinator .  If you have
these checklist go through the PLC and HMI, then they can also act as
interlock to prevent the novice pilot from diving the boat if any of these
major systems are compromised.  On my boat, I have such a system.

I kind of like the idea of the PLC knowing if a pilot is in the boat in
addition to the hatch state but just not for O2 supply interlock. I need to
chew on this pilot weight interlock idea to see what benefit it could bring
my boat.

Best regards

Cliff

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 12:47 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Cliff, ( or anyone)
> I was thinking of ways of making my one person sub idiot proof with
> regard to the turning on of the O2 supply. If I let anybody dive it I won't
> be in there to oversee.
> My ideas are to have a switch under the seat ( as they have on ride on lawn
> mowers) & a hatch closure switch ( which is required by G.L. ) linked to
> the O2 system so that when both switches are closed ( pilot seated &
> hatch closed) the O2 feed system is activated. This will be the solenoid
> top
> up part of the O2 system. A sign & maybe audible voice will say " Turn on
> Oxygen
> valve". So the system will be like the DW O2 add system where there is a
> minimal amount of O2 constantly flowing but the balance flows in from a
> solenoid
> valve activated by O2 level readings.
> The CO2 scrubber could also be linked.
> Any thoughts on this?
> Thanks Alan
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 2/07/2017, at 1:13 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Cliff,
> That is exactly what I did, I put the tank specs in the unstiffened
> cylinder program.  The only problem is, I can not findways of  the exact
> material the steel tanks are made from.  I am assuming same steel and gives
> a good estimate.
> Thanks Cliff
> Hank
>
>
> On Saturday, July 1, 2017 6:05 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Most of the FEA packages associated with 3-d modeling software use a
> linear model.  You would need an FEA tool that can model buckling to study
> this.  An alternative is to use the ABS stress analysis spreadsheet with no
> stiffeners.  This would give a conserative crush depth.
>
> Cliff
>
>
> Cliff Redus
>
> On Jul 1, 2017, at 2:27 PM, Scott Waters via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> I am unsure of the depth rating of an empty scuba tank. It could be easily
> found out on a solidworks simulation.
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
>
>
> Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.
> org>
> Date: 7/1/17 12:34 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.
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> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] O2 tanks
>
> Thanks' Scott,Do you know what the max depth rating for an empty Scuba O2
> tank is.  I suppose you could increase the rating by using only part of the
> volume and leave pressure inside them.  A sub could carry several in that
> case since they are close to neutral buoyant.  Hank
>
>     On Saturday, July 1, 2017 8:25 AM, Scott Waters via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hank,Alvin has all the O2 supply internally. Pisces has the mission O2
> internally and emergency supply externally in special steel cylinders that
> are pressure tested to 1.25 max depth while empty.Thanks,Scott Waters
>
>
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