A variable buoyancy system for long cruising range AUV

Author

Zhao, Wen-De ; Xu, Jian-An ; Zhang, Ming-Jun

Author_Institution

Coll. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

24-26 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

585

Lastpage

588

Abstract

A variable buoyancy system has been developed for long cruising range autonomous underwater vehicle. This paper presents the design, development and testing of the system. Experiments about the characters of the hydraulic pump testing, flow rate testing of flow control valve in deep water, energy consumption of the DC motor in different operating conditions and the precision analysis of the variable buoyancy system are carried out. Experiment results show that the variable buoyancy system meets the system design demand.

Keywords

DC motors; flow control; hydraulic systems; pumps; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; valves; DC motor; autonomous underwater vehicle; deep water; energy consumption; flow control valve; flow rate testing; hydraulic pump testing; long cruising range AUV; precision analysis; system design demand; variable buoyancy system; Fuel storage; Sea measurements; adjusting precision; test research; variable buoyancy system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer, Mechatronics, Control and Electronic Engineering (CMCE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7957-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMCE.2010.5610369

Filename

5610369