CALM Buoy Navigation Equipment System Overview

Typical Aids
to
Navigation
Equipment
for
CALM Buoys
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 CALM: Cantenary
Anchor Leg Mooring
Buoy
 Used for: Crude Oil
and Oil sub-products
Transfer
 Usually connected
between:
 FPSOs- Tankers
 Onshore stations
– Tankers
CALM Buoy
General Info

 NavAids: Lanterns, FSs and FDs
 Telemetry Systems (radio based)
 GSM Monitoring and Control
 Sensors: pressure, weather, sea conditions
etc.
 Controls: Oil Valve control, NavAids
 Power Back-Up: Solar, Wind and Hybrid
 Base station (onshore) monitor& control units
 Portable monitoring and/or repeating units
 Load Pins and Hawser Life Monitoring
software
PMAPI
Solutions

Typical
System
Components
 NavAids
 Turntable Controller
 Hull Controller
 Oil and Nitrogen pressure sensors
 Solenoids Control for product valves ON/OFF
 Radios + Antennas
 Portable unit and Base station with
HMIs/SCADA
 Power Backup: Mainly Solar
 Optional not frequent: Weather and sea
condition monitoring stations
 Load Pins and Hawser Life Monitoring
software

Typical
System
Components

Typical On-
Site
Arrangement

Typical Aids
to
Navigation
Equipment
for
CALM Buoys
(System
Package)
 FA-250-LED Zone 1 Lantern
 Fog Horn, Zone 1
 Zone 1 Battery Boxes (Isolators, etc.)
 Zone 1 Solar Panels
 Zone 1 Fog Detector
 Radar Reflector

Optional
Aids to
Navigation
Equipment
for
CALM Buoys

Optional
Aids to
Navigation
Equipment
for
CALM Buoys
 Weather Report System
 AIS-Atonis (dynamic position reporting signal
using AIS technology)
 Zone 1 Radar Beacon – Phalcon 2000EX

Explosion-
Proof
Enclosures

Upgrade of
AtoN
Package &
Telemetry
System for
existing
CALM Buoys
 PMAPI is an Engineering company that can be your
technological partner for modernizing/upgrading
existing CALM buoys from different manufacturers
 A basic navigation system (typically consisting of EX
Solar Panels, battery systems, fog horn & 5NM yellow
lantern) can be updated to a more modern system
incorporating:
 A telemetry system for remote monitoring &
command from the control station
 Upgrade of the solar system to include a Radar
beacon (RACON), Fog detector, Meteorological
system, AIS (Atonis) and other complementary
systems

Hazardous
Area LED
Illumination
Alternatives
 Hazardous Area Illumination Fixture is
engineered to perform multiple
lighting functions on offshore
production platforms and drilling rigs
to allow better general illumination
on different working areas with low
power consumption and high
reliability

Optional
Equipment
to Improve
Safety of
Operations
 Winker lights for hoses and pipes
 Hazardous Area LED illumination alternatives
 CCTV on board the buoy
 AIS technology to prevent unauthorized
vessel traffic
 Weather Met/Hydro (Doppler and Current
data) sensor with AIS transmission

FA-249
Gimbaled
15 NM
 LED Gimbaled Lantern is the
technological solution to the
problem posed by the
movement of large navigation
buoy, CALM buoy, floating
production systems (FPSO) and
tension leg platforms.
 This Gimbaled Lantern
maintains its optic in a vertical
position for inclinations of +/‐ 9°
(18° total). This assures the full
light intensity is continually
available in the most severe
sea conditions

Telemetry:
Main System
Components
 Master Telemetry Unit (MTU)
 Remote Telemetry Unit (RTU)
 Tanker Portable Unit (TPU)

Telemetry
CALM Buoy
System

Master
Telemetry
Unit
 MTU is typically presented in a 19”
rack fitted with a highly specialized
industrial PC, printer,
programmable logic controller, set
of high performance radio modems
and supplementary electronic
circuitry. In most cases this is in a
remote location connected to the
buoy via RF link or fiber optic cable,
depending on the local topology
and geography.
 Includes all the control, alarming,
trending and data logging
features. All designs are tailored to
customer specifications.

Master
Telemetry
Unit
 HMI Screenshots display live information
received over UHF radio link
 Low battery indications
 Alarm screen
 Status of the aids to navigation
 Trends for battery, load, and pressure

Remote
Telemetry
Unit
 Telemetry, data transmission from buoys to
onshore station, including hawser sensor,
open/close valves, emergency shut-down,
etc.
 All controls based on PLC technology;
independent controllers for turntable and hull

Remote
Telemetry
Unit
 HMI/SCADA series of PLCs in the remote telemetry
unit
 Acquire and process this raw data and map it
wirelessly
 Uses the serial or Ethernet connections and
protocols via UHF for display on HMI/SCADA
computer terminals
 Important parameters are updated every few
seconds with system-critical information
 Sub-second responses in ideal conditions and not
exceeding two seconds
 Less consequential data is updated less frequently
or polled, improving the efficiency of the
communications

Tanker
Portable Unit
 Telemetry, control, and data transmission
from the tanker for emergency control of the
hawser sensor, open/close valves,
emergency shut-down, etc.
 Provides a means of monitoring the
offloading vessel and functions as a radio
repeater in case of radio communication
disruptions

Example
System
Drawings

Service
Options
 Start up and commissioning services
 Additional requirements for documentation
 Your logo and title blocks on our
documents
 Specific drawing types
 Training for you or your customers on the
functionality and use of our systems in our
Houston facility or on location

PMAPI
Headquarters
– Houston, TX

LIEX Fog
Signals
In Sound
Deadening
Chamber

Production
Assembly
Area

LED & PCB
Assembly &
Soldering
Stations

Open
Warehousing

NOMAN
NavAids
Control Test
Panel

Helideck
Lights
&
Zone 1
Windsock

Lantern
Test

Self-
Contained
Single Lift
Skids

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Coverage
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