saturation diving

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• Saturation diving — is a diving technique that allows divers to remain at great depth for long periods of time.cite book |title=US Navy Diving Manual, 6th revision |year=2006 |publisher=US Naval Sea Systems Command |location=United States… …   Wikipedia

• saturation diving — saturation dive. a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the… …   Universalium

• saturation diving — noun : diving in which a person remains underwater at a certain depth breathing a mixture of gases under pressure for an indefinite period once the body has become saturated with the gases because the decompression time remains the same… …   Useful english dictionary

• saturation diving — noun diving in which the diver s bloodstream is saturated with helium or other gas at the pressure of the surrounding water, so that decompression time is independent of the duration of the dive …   English new terms dictionary

• Diving equipment — Surface supplied commercial diving equipment on display at a trade show Diving equipment is equipment used by underwater divers for the purpose of facilitating diving activities. This may be equipment primarily intended for this purpose, or… …   Wikipedia

• Diving bell — A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean. The most common types are the wet bell and the closed bell. The wet bell is a cable suspended chamber, open at the bottom like a moon pool structure, that is lowered …   Wikipedia

• saturation diver — saturation diver, a diver who uses saturation diving …   Useful english dictionary

• Diving watch — Omega Seamaster model 2220.80, with a water resistance of 300 m (1,000 ft). The second crown (at 10 o clock) is a helium release valve. A diving watch is a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water… …   Wikipedia

• Diving support vessel — DSV Skandi Achiever in Aberdeen A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.[1] Commercial Diving Support Vessels emerged during the 1960s and 1970s when the need arose for …   Wikipedia

• Diving chamber — The decompression chamber at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab A diving chamber has two main functions: as a simpler form of submersible vessel to take divers underwater and to provide a temporary base and retrieval system in the depths; as a land or ship …   Wikipedia

• Diving suit — Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935 A diving suit is a garment or device designed to protect a diver from the underwater environment.… …   Wikipedia