High-Pressure Recovery Vessels (HPRVs)
Our high-pressure recovery vessel, or HPRV, at the deep-sea vents in the South Pacific. (Peter Girguis / WHOI)
Our high-pressure recovery vessel, or HPRV, that allows us to recover animals and microbes without de-pressurization. (Peter Girguis)
The high-pressure recovery vessels (HPRVs) are designed to be readily deployed by elevator, DSV, or ROV to enable the collection of samples without de-pressurization. To date this system has been used to collect Alviniconcha and Ifremeria snails from hydrothermal vent sites in the Lau Basin.
All parts and drawings are available upon request.
