Title :
Wave energy systems for recharging AUV energy supplies
Author :
Hagerman, George
Author_Institution :
Center for Energy & the Global Environ., Virginia Tech Alexandria Res. Inst., VA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes ocean wave energy resources and characterizes their global distribution and temporal variability. It presents an overview of wave energy conversion devices that have progressed beyond the laboratory wave tank and have been proven at sea, and which lend themselves to miniaturization and packaging in a configuration suitable for recharging AUV power supplies from a docking station base. Finally, it describes a wave-powered docking station concept that takes advantage of ocean engineering developments in rapidly deployed mooring systems and artificial, submerging seafloors to provide a relocatable AUV dock that also can serve as a sustainable "gateway" platform for undersea observatories.
Keywords :
fuel cells; power supplies to apparatus; remotely operated vehicles; secondary cells; underwater vehicles; wave power generation; AUV energy supplies recharging; artificial submerging seafloors; docking station base; global distribution; miniaturization; ocean engineering developments; ocean wave energy resources; packaging; rapidly deployed mooring systems; temporal variability; undersea observatories; wave energy conversion devices; wave energy systems; wave-powered docking station; Laboratories; Marine technology; Ocean waves; Packaging; Planets; Power supplies; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Space technology; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7572-6
DOI :
10.1109/AUV.2002.1177207
