Developing a subsea valve automation system using fiber optic umbilical.

Although technology has advanced significantly in the 21st century, the oil and gas sector continues to rely on the same old conventional method of communicating underwater using hydraulics, which takes quite a while to transmit from the topside to the subsea equipment but has a 100% success record. Despite the fact that pressure actuators with solenoid-controlled valves have long been the preferred communication technique for underwater valve applications due to their great range, the need for high-speed communication has spurred research on previously neglected non-acoustic methods. Many scientists are trying to use Wi-Fi to create a subsea communication system, but for a variety of reasons, Wi-Fi cannot penetrate the ocean floor. This demand is generated, for instance, by the wireless transmission of surveillance data to a base station from microcontrollers installed nearby that regulate and monitor deep-sea oil pipeline valves. As a first step toward wireless communication using optical fiber (wired) as a channel of communication, I have worked to speed up communication and manage the subsea equipment. According to this study, optical communication over fiber optic cable is preferable to acoustic modems for applications requiring high speed over long distances and simpler, low-cost communication systems. Thanks to cloud computing and IOT, I can now control valve opening and closing and fluid flow from anywhere on the globe (internet of things). This project focuses on increasing the speed of communication and controlling subsea equipment using fiber optics as a medium, which is already present in the subsea umbilical. I have developed a device that can retrieve the message from an optical fiber and manually open the valve beneath the water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]