RDCP 600 - Maximum Depth rating 300 meter
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Recording Doppler Current Meter 600 is a medium range, 600kHz self-recording Doppler Current Profiler. Being a Doppler shift instrument, the RDCP is insensitive to fouling and highly reliable. The RDCP 600 may be used in a wide range of applications. It may be moored at the bottom in a fixed frame, in an inline mooring string looking upwards or downwards, or it may be installed on a buoy system or at a quay looking downwards. Key application areas are: • Climatic Research using in-line mooring installations down to 2000m depth • Ports and Harbors for vessel traffic management and sea condition warning • Fish Farming for monitoring flow conditions, spill transport and water quality • Pollution Control for monitoring flow conditions, sediment transport and water quality Several profiles simultaneously: The instrument can be configured to deal with several profiles simultaneously for optimal flexibility Instrument and Surface referred profiles: You can choose both instrument referred and surface referred profiles in one configuration Surface cell: For measurements carried out at the water surface 4 optional submersible sensors can be mounted onto the RDCP Top End plate, making the RDCP 600 a compact instrument for environmental measurements Tilt Compensation: Advanced vector based tilt compensation with beam adjustment Easy set up of the instrument: Embedded, Windows CE based, configuration tools Data storage capacity standard MMC card stores 512MByte Real-Time output on PDC4, RS-485 or RS-232. RDCP 600 uses Active-X control Instant data analysis: Comprehensive Windows based post-processing software, RDCP Studio (not real-time), with 2- and 3-dimensional graphs Export of data to custom software 300m and 2000m depth capability Standard parameters: Current Speed and Direction, Signal Strength and Instrument Tilt Optional Parameters: Oxygen, Turbidity, Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure and Wave parameters (refer page 8) Instruments with Doppler shift technology are insensitive to fouling AADI is a trademark of Xylem Inc. or one of its subsidiaries.

Basic Description and Features Multiple Columns with Surface referred Cells and Overlap: RDCP 600 may be configured to deal with several columns (profiles) simultaneously for optimum flexibility. Each column may be set up with individual cell size and cell overlap, and may further be defined as being either instrument referred or surface referred. When a column is instrument referred, the distance from the instrument to the start of the column is kept constant; a setting which is usually used in deep waters where the surface is distant or when bottom currents are to be monitored. Surface...

Basic Description and Features configuration Wizard Configuration Wizard Performed steps - Next step - Windows CE Based Graphical User Interface: Embedded configuration is another major feature with the RDCP 600. Without sacrificing flexibility, the Windows CE based GUI allows you to easily set-up the most complex configuration -without the need of an external computer. A built-in wizard takes you through the configuration step-by-step. As you proceed, the instrument monitors the decisions you have already made and prevents you from Bu*l * II making selections that are illegible based on...

Standard Features: • 300m depth capability • Current profile data - Horizontal speed & direction - Vertical speed - Individual beam speeds - Signal strength - Single ping standard deviation • Instrument referred multiple columns • 512MByte MMC card for data storage • Stylus • Real-time output on PDC4 and RS-485/RS-232 • Heading, pitch and roll measurements • RDCP Studio post-processing suite • Embedded power calculator • Shipping container Optional Features: • 2000m depth capability • Up to four sensors or interface features comprising - Temperature sensor 4050 - Conductivity sensor...

Installations and Applications Retrieval Float Sinking rope Viny Float set min. 5m above RDCP Viny Float set min. 5m above RDCP Floating rope RDCP 600 Floating rope for drag recovery Acoustic Release Device Anchor The RDCP can be deployed using • An In-Line string mooring • A Fixed Bottom Frame mooring • A Data Buoy • An existing fixed installation, e.g. a quay In-Line mooring The In-Line frame may be pre-installed in the mooring string, allowing the instrument to be inserted into the frame just-in-time by means of two hand-operated screws. The In-Line frame together with the fully...

RDCP Studio With RDCP Studio, you are less than one minute from full data overview after plugging the MMC card into the reader! A demo CD is available on request (aadi.info@xyleminc.com). The different graphs and presentations are conveniently accessed using the graph selector tool in the program's control section area. Several overview graphs are available for easy comparison of events happening at the same time, and a cursor system may be used to read specific numbers at Graphs may be rotated, parts of the data set may be excluded from the analysis, and you may introduce a vector based...

Examples of measurements A field test of the RDCP 600 moored in a Data Buoy 4280 was performed in April 2004 just outside Bergen (Norway). For comparison, an RCM 9 was mounted below the RDCP 600. The test was performed by Aanderaa Instruments AS, refer TN 291. The RCMs have been on the market for a long time, and have proven to be reliable and robust. The RDCP 600 is developed based on the same acoustic technique, hence a comparison between the RCMs and the RDCP 600 indicates the instruments reliability as well. Description of the Buoy Deployment The RDCP 600 was deployed 5m below the...

RDCP 600 Specifications Current Profiler Acoustic centre frequency: 606kHz Number of Beams: 4 Beams Processing: ARMA parametric model Transducer slant angle: 25° Tilt range1: -20° to +20° Speed range2: 0 – 500cm/s Horizontal accuracy3: 0.5cm/s, ±1.5% of reading Vertical accuracy: 1.0cm/s Single ping Statistic noise4: 4.0cm/s Range: Low power5: 30 to 70m High power5: 35 to 80m Blanking Distance6: 300m version: 1m 2000m version: 2m Cell size range: 1 to 10m (0.1m increment) Cell overlap: 0 to 90% Maximum no. of cells in one column: 100 Maximum no. of cells in all columns: 150 Power level:...