饱和潜水理论,最初是由美国海军于三十年前提出的,但作为一门造福于人类的科学技术被研究利用,则是近年来的事情。目前,欧美一些国家已把这门技术应用于海底大陆架的勘探和海底油田的开发;美、法、日等国的海军也已开始组建深海饱和潜水特种部队,专门从事固定于水中的声纳设备和通信器材的检修、水中训练用鱼雷的回收,以及海上救难和深海打捞等工作。迄今,潜水员在从事水下作业时,通常都是携带水下呼吸器,即装有压缩空气的筒状高压气体容器,但其最大限度也只能下潜40米深。若超过这一深度,受水压的影 The theory of saturated scuba diving was first proposed by the U.S. Navy thirty years ago, but it has been in recent years that it has been studied and utilized as a science and technology benefiting mankind. At present, some countries in Europe and the United States have applied this technology to the exploration of the seabed continental shelf and the development of the submarine oil fields. The navies in the United States, France, Japan and other countries have also started to form the deep-sea saturated diving special forces and specialize in sonar equipment fixed in water Maintenance of communications equipment, recovery of torpedoes for training in water, rescue at sea and deep sea fishing. To date, divers have typically carried a scuba-breathing, cylindrical pressurized gas container with compressed air when engaged in underwater operations, but they can only dive to a maximum of 40 meters deep. If more than this depth, by the pressure of the shadow