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WaveGuide 5 Onboard 2

WaveGuide 5 Onboard 2

Wave radar with motion compensation

The WaveGuide 5 Onboard 2 is one the latest and most technically advanced radar system, designed for vessels and dynamic applications. This accurate, real-time, easy-to-use, reliable and robust device with its in-cooperated motion unit (IMU), measures freeboard, wave height and wave period. This wave radar is capable of maintaining a high level of precision and accuracy in harsh environmental conditions and is particularly suited to maritime use.

Description

The Onboard wave radar, mostly installed on the bow of the ship, measures the distance to the water surface. The distances measured have to be compensated for the heave, pitch and yaw motions of the radar itself. Hence, a motion sensor is incorporated into the radar unit. The WaveGuide Onboard measures the waves the ship actually has to endure. The radar measures the distance to the water surface 10 times per second. In all wind and wave conditions the accuracy for water level is proven to be below 1 cm. The radar itself facilitates data acquisition, data processing, data presentation and remote service. Data will be internally stored on the device and distributed over the network. Any device connected to the (private) network can access the web-based user interface.

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Specifications

Physical Properties

Weight in air [kg]

11.8

Weight in water [kg]

11.8

Width [cm]

26.5

Length [cm]

25.5

Operating temperature: min. [°C]

-40

Operating temperature: max. [°C]

60

Housing material

Stainless steel

General

Year of initial development

2010

Year of latest version

2019

Operating System

Linux

Area of Application

Construction vessels, multi support vessels, pipelaying vessels, FPSO's, Jack ups, CTV, OSV, etc... vessels used for offshore operations in offshore wind, offshore renewables, offshore oil and gas and subsea and dredging

Field of Use

Used for measuring wave height and freeboard from the vessel during offshore operations

Languages Supported

Radac message format, SESAM, FGTI

Output parameters

Heave, Hm0, Czz10, Tm02, Tmax, Hmax and more (please see user manual)

Type of wave recorder

Radar

Direction wave or non-directional

non-dreictional

Operating properties

Output data format

ASCII

Sampling rate

5Hz

Power supply and communication

Power supply (internal/external with specs)

24-48 VDC, 10.8 W

Output interface {eg. rs232}

RS232, Ethernet

Hardware/software requirements

Dedicated software

N

Data provided / logged

Raw data, statistical, spectral analysis

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