Down Deep & Up, LLC

Submersible Systems Technology, Inc.

Charles Michael Staehle

Ronald E Smith

Julian G Angus

Dave Smith

Guy Heyl

A deep water operations system includes a submersible vessel including a propulsion system for operating the vessel on and beneath the surface of a body of water. The vessel will operate on the water surface to travel to a designated site and then submerge beneath the surface to a depth sufficient to avoid surface wave and weather conditions. A surface power buoy is deployable from the vessel at the water surface and connected to the vessel by an umbilical cord and includes a propulsion system, RF vessel communication and a GPS receiver. An ROV launch cage is supported by the vessel by a second umbilical cord and stores and deploys an ROV remotely controlled from the vessel for deep water work and repair activities via the second umbilical cord.

Deep water operations system with submersible vessel

A closed-cycle heat engine system that operates within a sealed, gas tight enclosure uses CO,, water vapor and O,in the intake and compression cycles, injecting fuel to promote combustion and using the high temperature and pressure product CO,and water vapor as the post combustion working gas. By controlling the individual partial pressures of the O,and CO,in the enclosure and allowing H,O vapor to exist in saturation within the enclosure the gamma value of the ingested gas can be controlled to meet engine design and operating requirements. Excess CO,produced by combustion is compressed, removed from the enclosure, liquefied and stored in a separate tank. Noncondensable gasses are returned to the engine enclosure where they are recycled to promote system efficiency. Excess water produced by combustion is also removed from the enclosure and stored in a separate tank.

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Palm Beach Gardens, FL, United States of America

Charles Michael Staehle