Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer, Mechatronics, Control and Electronic Engineering (CMCE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changchun
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7957-3
DOI :
10.1109/CMCE.2010.5610369
