• diving, technical diving and nitrox diving, the maximum operating depth (MOD) of a breathing gas is the depth below which the partial pressure of oxygen (pO2)...
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  • design depth. Also known as the maximum operating depth (or the never-exceed depth), this is the maximum depth at which a submarine is allowed to operate under...
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    maximum operating depth of the Los Angeles class as 650 ft (200 m), while Patrick Tyler, in his book Running Critical, suggests a maximum operating depth...
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  • (documented as standard operating procedures) used in any manufacturing process that could affect the quality of the product. Standard Operating Procedures are...
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    fronted an advertising campaign for The Ghan in 2003, a passenger train operating between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin. A Pacific National NR class...
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    The designed operational maximum dive depth of 11,000 m (36,000 ft) represents approximate full ocean depth – the maximum depth of the ocean of Earth. Test...
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    considered to have a safe depth limit of about 40 metres (130 feet) for most divers, although the maximum operating depth (MOD) of air taking an allowable...
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    heights and times. To calculate the actual water depth, add the charted depth to the published tide height. Depth for other times can be derived from tidal curves...
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    boilers (which fitted the forward space where the ship narrowed), operating at a maximum 195 psi (1,340 kPa) and containing 192 individual furnaces. Work...
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    Embiez islands in Var, with Philippe Tailliez and Frédéric Dumas, using a depth-pressure-proof camera case developed by mechanical engineer Léon Vèche,...
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    Kerosene and oxygen Maximum range: 78 km (42 nmi) Cruising speed: 22 km/h (12 kn) Maximum speed: 56 km/h (30 kn) Maximum operating depth: 80 m (260 ft) Number...
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    It may happen when leaving a high-pressure environment, ascending from depth, or ascending to altitude. A closely related condition of bubble formation...
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  • subculture Mod revival, late 1970s Honour Moderations, Oxford exams Maximum operating depth in scuba diving Mod Cup, a shinty trophy A module in modular scheduling...
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    (221 ft) and depth of 36.6 metres (120 ft). It had a maximum drilling depth of 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi), and it could operate at a water depth of 460 metres...
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  • teach the use of two depth limits to protect against oxygen toxicity. The shallower depth is called the "maximum operating depth" and is reached when...
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    very shallow maximum operating depth limit, due to oxygen toxicity considerations. Active addition SCRs vary in complexity, but all operate with a breathing...
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    calculate a maximum operating depth for oxygen-rich breathing gases, and cylinders containing such mixtures should be clearly marked with that depth. The risk...
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    Lowering the oxygen content of a breathing gas mixture increases the maximum operating depth and duration of the dive before which oxygen toxicity becomes a...
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    risk of oxygen toxicity, which becomes unacceptable below the maximum operating depth of the mixture. To displace nitrogen without the increased oxygen...
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    how's that?" In 2004, Volanthen and Stanton set a record for the greatest depth achieved in a British cave, diving 76 m (249 ft) at Wookey Hole in Somerset...
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    was aborted because the sea bed was considerably deeper than the maximum operating depth of Bluefin. Scanning subsequently resumed and after covering 42...
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    Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) was created by NOAA to operate and manage the US environmental satellite programs, and manage NWS data...
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    seriously." In 2004 Stanton and Volanthen set a world record for greatest depth achieved in a British cave, cave diving 76 m (249 ft) at Wookey Hole in...
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    both upwards and downwards (mixed excursion). The depth range between maximum and minimum excursion depth is called the excursion range or excursion window...
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    factors affecting design are the ambient hydrostatic pressure of the maximum operating depth, and ergonomic considerations regarding the potential range of...
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    Sonar (redirect from Variable depth sonar)
    sonars operated at a relatively high frequency of 20–30 kHz, to achieve directionality with reasonably small transducers, with typical maximum operational...
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    At greater depths, it becomes inaccurate. The maximum depth cannot be recorded with this type of depth gauge, and accuracy is strongly affected by temperature...
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    maximum working pressure. Valves are generally duplicated inside and outside and are labelled to avoid confusion. It is usually possible to operate a...
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  • SJT-class ROUV (category Remotely operated underwater vehicles)
    Specifications: Maximum operating depth: 600 meters The JTD-01 "Deep Eel I" is a salvage, drilling, and pipe-laying robot. It has an maximum operating depth of 200...
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    the submersible to the bottom of the New Britain Trench, reaching a maximum depth of 8,221 m (26,972 ft). There, he found a wide plain of loose sediment...
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