Autonomous Vertical Profiler (AVP)
Contact Details
The Director,
CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography (NIO),
Dona Paula, Goa, INDIA - 403004
Tel: +91 832-2450200, Fax: +91 832-2450602,
Email: director@nio.org, www.nio.org
- IPR Status Patent / Copyright / Trademark Secured in India / Abroad IPR Details
- Patent granted in USA (No. 6786087 B2)
- Application / Uses
Satellite Validation,Fisheries research, Oceanography etc.
- Salient Technical Features including Competing Features
Portable, easy to operate and very useful for rapid & time series profiling
- Level/Scale of Development
- Developed and tested in all respects.
- Environmental Considerations
- Runs on rechargeable batteries. Eco- friendly material used for construction.
- Status of Commercialization
- Technology has been transferred to M/S Control Technologies, Bangalore
- Major Raw Materials to be Utilized
- Aluminum 6061 and Acetal
- Major Plant Equipment and Machinery Required
- CNC machines
- Techno-Economics
- Economically feasible
- Technology Package
- Software, Electrical and Mechanical Drawing