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How Does A Rebreather Perform? Rebreather Education with Borneo Dream in Kota Kinabalu Sabah

Rebreathers are a fantastic way of enjoying lengthier dives (we had rebreather divers on our boat final week in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah who loved a 4 hour dive!) and obtaining closer to marine life as there are no noisy bubbles to scare fish away. Think about diving in silence except for the crackling from corals.

Rebreathers are a fantastic alternative for seasoned recreational divers looking to take their diving additional. One particular of the initial queries we often get asked by our diving buyers when they see a rebreather on our boat is “How does it perform?”. The rest of this report supplies a easy overview of the workings of the Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR), with a focus on the APD (or Ambient Stress Diving Restricted) Evolution and Inspiration models. It gets a little technical (as a closed circuit rebreather is far more technical than diving on open circuit) – but once you have discovered how to dive on a rebreather you’ll have the knowledge to prepare and dive safely on a rebreather and take pleasure in a lot of extended dives

So, how does a Closed Circuit Rebreather perform?

The CCR has several key elements. The diver puts the mouth piece of the breathing loop into his/her mouth. The diver breaths out and the expelled air leaves the breathing loop and enters the exhale counter lung which is situated on the right shoulder. Any moisture or water droplets are eliminated by a baffle plate fitted into the entrance of the exhale counter lung. The air now passes from the exhale counter lung to the base of the scrubber unit which is contained in the back mounted case. As is passes via the scrubber the CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) is eliminated / converted into heat and moisture. The cleaned air passes in front of three oxygen cells. These cells measure the degree of oxygen in the gas compared with the volume of oxygen that must be there according to the integrated computer (see below). An oxygen solenoid adds a precise volume of oxygen according to the computer systems needs and the gas passes to the inhale counter lung, mounted on the left shoulder. The diver breaths in and draws fresh air from the inhale counter lung through the mouth piece and breathing loop. The thought is to have both 1 lung total in you or a single lung complete in the unit, by no means both. This is named loop volume management.

Managing buoyancy when diving on a Closed Circuit Rebreather – With typical scuba you breath in and go upwards, breath out and go downwards. Even so, with a CCR it has the appropriate sum of loop volume and the integrated BCD set to suit the existing depth. Then, it will not matter how quickly or slow the diver breaths he/she will keep even now – Cool:-)

Diving on a Rebreather. CCR’s operate on fixed Set Points or Partial Pressures of Oxygen (PPO2). The two normal Set Factors on the APD units is .70 and one.30 however they can be totally adjusted above or under the surface. A Set Point of .70 signifies that at the surface (Sea Level) the diver would be breathing the equivalent of 70% Oxygen. If the dive was at 10 metres he would be breathing 35% Oxygen due to the fact at ten metres there are two Environment (ATA) of pressure (.70 / two = .35). So at 60 metres there is 7 ATA the diver would be breathing 10% Oxygen – not excellent, this will not assistance lifestyle but you get the thought.

This is why we have two Set Factors. On a standard 40 metres dive the Diver travels down to 40 metres on a .70 Set Point. Alter to 1.30 at depth and continue all the way to his/her Security Cease at 6 metres. Then they would change back to .70 prior to leaving the Security Stop. Nevertheless, this all alterations when performing decompression diving.

Usually, for dives to a optimum depth of say 45 metres they would have two cylinders fitted into their rebreather. One of pure 100% Medical Grade Oxygen and a single of Air or 21% Oxygen. This cylinder is referred to as the Diluent, so this set-up would be an Air Diluent CCR. For deeper dives the Air Diluent would swapped out for various mixtures of Trimix (Helium, Nitrogen and Oxygen). Cylinders for the APD Evolution and Inspiration are both 2 or three Litre in capacity filled to 200 Bar.

Longer dives on a CCR – Based upon depths and the distinct consumer the units are capable of diving to 150 metres (right coaching required) for durations of two to 6 hrs.

These are remarkable pieces of gear and excellent to use for scuba diving.

Borneo Dream is the only provider of rebreather education in Sabah, Borneo – we run a array of semi closed and closed circuit rebreather courses from Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah – so we know a thing or two about rebreathers.

 Find out much more about rebreathers and rebreather education courses in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo.

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