SmartBay: Ireland's Test and Demonstration Facility for Advanced Marine Technologies

Fiona Regan, Dublin City University

Outline

•  The Vision •  Capacity & infrastructure •  Access •  The Core Activities

– Research support –  Industry support

VISION:

Strategic Roadmap International Translation Centre

Research PRTLI International Collaborative

Development - Service Revenue - Demonstrator - Business focus - Strategic Role - Partnerships

Translation - New services - Exemplar Network/ Demonstrator - International Services - Int’l Applied Research Hub - Int’l Technology Centre

2015

DCU

Ireland’s Marine Opportunity

 Informa)cs  

Distributed  sensing  

Communica)ons  

 Data  processing,  visualisa)on  and  forecast  

Satellite,  Wireless,  Cable  

Physical,  chemical,  biological,  acous)c,  visual  

Deployment  Power,  system  control,  in-­‐situ  tes)ng  

Partnership Program

SmartBay Ireland

Service Partners

Technology Partners

Commercial Partners

Research Partners

2  x  Data  Officers  Daily management of data

systems and cyberinfrastructure. Provide technical support for

users Web  Development  

Data  analysis  and  interpretation  

Management  of  Data  repository  

Liase  with  SmartBay  users  on  data  management  requirements  

 

2  x  Marine  Technicians  Daily management of physical

infrastructure Provide technical support for

users Liase  with    Scientific  users  on  instrument  deployments  

Administration  of    equipment  maintenance  and  repair.Support

includes test/verification, repair/replacement,

modification and maintenance.  

1.5    x    Shore  support  and  Administration  

Administration of day-to-day use of platform by 3rd

level & industry Planning,  scheduling  and  organisation  of  Smartbay  

activities  

Marketing  ,Communications  and  outreach.  

Preparation  of  funding  proposals  and  project  

administration  

 

Core Activities

• Provide remotely acquired data to support Research & Development;

• Demonstrate, validate, and test new and innovative technologies and solutions;

• Broker the development of ICT products & services for the maritime sector.

Marine Services

• Deployment • Future Iterations

• Marinisation • Assembly /Integration

Pre-deployment scoping and

planning

Bench Test of Equipment

Field test/trial Post Deployment

ICT Services

•  Middleware • Data Visualisation

• Data Management

• Data Capture

Real-time streaming data

capture; multiple

sensors and datasets

Storage and parsing of raw

data

Data converted into multiple

formats

Access to current wind,

wave & weather data

for data analytics

•  Galway Port Buoy •  Sustainable Energy Association

Ireland (SEAI) Project •  Cork Buoy

Current Infrastructure

Infrastructure Expansion

Logistics and Security Fishing & Aquaculture

Environmental Monitoring

Shipping Offshore Wind Oil & Gas

Supporting Research

Marine ICT Wave Energy

SmartBay National Infrastructure ���Access Programme (NIAP 2012-2015)

•  Budget for SmartBay Integration

•  Larger collaborative projects

•  Travel •  Internships

Exemplars: Cork Galway Dublin

Performance Evaluation of Solar Photovoltaic Collectors under

Galway Bay Conditions Dr. John Lohan (Centre for the integration of Sustainable Energy Technologies )

Test Program • Three fixed angle of inclination; • Wave movement about a fixed angle of inclination; • Impact of debris on surface; • Weather (test on both sunny and overcast days)

Primary Node in the National MSFD Underwater Noise Monitoring Network

•  Objective: to operationalise a high

resolution underwater sound recorder as a node in the national noise monitoring network

•  Deployment of an acoustic hydrophone on the SmartBay Smartbuoy outside Cork harbour

•  CMRC Researchers in Cork

•  NIAP will develop practices that establish Ireland as world-leader in noise monitoring

•  Re-design, adapt, marinize and ruggedise Tyndall IMU's •  Deploy and maintain the WIMU's on SmartBay buoys •  Analyse and contextualise the data gathered and disseminate •  Integrate next generation technology into existing infrastructure è

economic impact in the marine sector

Deployment and Analysis of Smart Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) in a Marine Environment (MIMU) - Dr Brendan Flynn

Novel Sensor testing

Kinvara Project

Logistics and Security Fishing & Aquaculture

Environmental Monitoring

Shipping Offshore Wind Oil & Gas

Working with Industry Marine ICT Wave Energy

SEAI Acoustic Project

Cork Buoy Deployment The instruments currently deployed on the buoy are: •  AirMar weather station – Weather

Conditions •  Triaxys directional wave measuring

sensor – Wave Conditions •  Seabird SBE 37 CTD sensor – Water

Measurements •  Teledyne Workhorse ADCP •  Fish Tracking Receiver CMRC

TFI's Mooring Tethers reduce •  Mooring Forces; •  Mooring System Costs; •  Footprints; •  Noise Emissions. Marine Applications •  Navigation & Research Buoys; •  Aquaculture; •  Marine Energy; •  Oil & Gas Installations.

TFI Trial & Validation a novel Elastomeric Moorings

November 2013 – May 2014

Integrated Vessel Management Solution

•  Feasibility study: A customer led Integrated Vessel Management solution utilising both satellite and Coastal AIS with SAR, oceanographic and meteorological data.

•  Potential clients include: global; terminal operators, port authorities and ship owners using both satellite and coastal AIS.

Industry Engagement

Steel Fabrication and marine equipment and engineering services

•  Pat Rynn Engineering - lander fabrication •  Purcell Marine •  Galway Boat Building and Marine Services Ltd • Ocean Crest Marine •  P&O Maritime •  Swan Net-Gundry Ltd

Vessel Hire Services

•  ATNO Marine – vessel Hire •  Tarrea Queen Enterprises Vessel Hire •  Eachtrai Aigean Teoranta •  Rossaveal Port Services

Local Impacts and Benefits

–  Diving Services

•  Nick Pfeiffer - MERC Consultants

–  Sub sea cables

•  Fibre Pulse – Castlebar, Co.Mayo

–  Wireless communications

•  Brendan Minish - Wireless Consultancy services

•  HEANET •  Air speed - Backhaul

Communications via HEANET

Local Impacts and Benefits

•  FP 7 –– “Oceans of Tomorrow call” Funding awarded – Marine environmental in situ Assessment and monitoring tool BOX

•  “MariaBox” - Project will develop a wireless marine environmental analysis device for monitoring Chemical pollutants

•  Irish Partners - DCU and SmartBay

•  S m a r t B a y i n v o l v e d i n s o f t w a r e development and marine testing of sensors.

SmartBay as a Research Performer

•  Support the academic community, SMEs and MNCs •  Partner, enable and support research, testing, data collection, validation and translation •  Provide managed services to OE device developers • Provide technical, data and business support •  Disseminate data to users via our web portal •  Manage & operate a cabled UW observatory and demonstration facility • Partner with the International R&D community

We are here to…

Next Steps

Dublin City University Innovation Campus

SmartBay Innovation Hub

International Partnerships

SmartBay Newfoundland

New National infrastructure partnerships

Acknowledgements •  SmartBay Team •  Marine Institute •  Academic and industry partners

Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) Cycle 5

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