Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time

Coastal lagoons, such as Mar Menor, hold significant ecological importance but are vulnerable to environmental disruptions from resource exploitation. Continuous monitoring is crucial for understanding critical situations and assessing recovery efforts. Manual sampling, as used in Mar Menor, is cost...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Morales, Isabel, Torres Sánchez, Roque, Gilabert, Javier, Soto Valles, Fulgencio
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author Morales, Isabel
Torres Sánchez, Roque
Gilabert, Javier
Soto Valles, Fulgencio
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Torres Sánchez, Roque
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Gilabert, Javier
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description Coastal lagoons, such as Mar Menor, hold significant ecological importance but are vulnerable to environmental disruptions from resource exploitation. Continuous monitoring is crucial for understanding critical situations and assessing recovery efforts. Manual sampling, as used in Mar Menor, is costly and yields limited results. Therefore, demand exists for automatic methods to enhance data collection and reduce operational tasks. This paper presents the design of a compact autonomous submersible profiler, µ-Nautilus, building upon the previous s-Nautilus model. It weighs 11 kg, which is half the weight of its predecessor. µ-Nautilus aims to stop at a configurable depth with less than 20 cm depth error using a single 750 cm3 ballast tank for control. Cascade control is employed, and satisfactory depth control (±15 cm error) is obtained during tests at sea. µ-Nautilus is powered by batteries with a capacity of 12.8Ah and 11.1V to run the ballast tank and 16.75Ah and 3.6V for the rest of the electronics. It can operate autonomously for 48 days performing cycles every 6 hours, suitable for the cleaning frequency needed due to fouling in Mar Menor.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1634322025-08-02T05:08:21Z Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time Morales, Isabel Torres Sánchez, Roque Gilabert, Javier Soto Valles, Fulgencio Profiler Sensor platform WSN Depth control Mar Menor Coastal lagoons, such as Mar Menor, hold significant ecological importance but are vulnerable to environmental disruptions from resource exploitation. Continuous monitoring is crucial for understanding critical situations and assessing recovery efforts. Manual sampling, as used in Mar Menor, is costly and yields limited results. Therefore, demand exists for automatic methods to enhance data collection and reduce operational tasks. This paper presents the design of a compact autonomous submersible profiler, µ-Nautilus, building upon the previous s-Nautilus model. It weighs 11 kg, which is half the weight of its predecessor. µ-Nautilus aims to stop at a configurable depth with less than 20 cm depth error using a single 750 cm3 ballast tank for control. Cascade control is employed, and satisfactory depth control (±15 cm error) is obtained during tests at sea. µ-Nautilus is powered by batteries with a capacity of 12.8Ah and 11.1V to run the ballast tank and 16.75Ah and 3.6V for the rest of the electronics. It can operate autonomously for 48 days performing cycles every 6 hours, suitable for the cleaning frequency needed due to fouling in Mar Menor. 2025-08-02T05:08:20Z 2025-08-02T05:08:20Z 2025-08-01T15:54:08Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505566_226 2975-0288 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104776 9791221505566 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163432 eng Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104776/1/43729.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.84 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.84 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505566 10 Florence open access
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WSN
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Torres Sánchez, Roque
Gilabert, Javier
Soto Valles, Fulgencio
Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title_full Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title_fullStr Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title_full_unstemmed Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title_short Chapter µ-Nautilus, an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
title_sort chapter µ nautilus an autonomous lightweight profiler with depth control and configurable sampling time
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Sensor platform
WSN
Depth control
Mar Menor
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Sensor platform
WSN
Depth control
Mar Menor
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