DocumentCode
559113
Title
Hybrid, high density energy storage for AUVs
Author
Ringer, Charles ; Bultman, David
Author_Institution
Autonomous Syst. Competency, SPAWAR Syst. Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
This paper forwards a concept for a hypothetical hybrid, internal combustion-electric power generation system that can be used to increase the energy density of an AUV. Though the system is hypothetical, it consists of subsystems that are mature technologies with long histories of successful commercial use. The use of hydrocarbon based fuels as a primary source of energy within an AUV has the advantage of a 350% increase in energy density over the PEM fuel cell based technologies currently being researched.
Keywords
autonomous underwater vehicles; electric power generation; energy storage; internal combustion engines; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; AUV; PEM fuel cell; autonomous underwater vehicle; electric power generation; energy density; high density energy storage; hybrid energy storage; hydrocarbon based fuels; internal combustion; subsystems; Batteries; Fuel cells; Fuels; Packaging; Power generation; Power systems; Propulsion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS 2011
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1427-6
Type
conf
Filename
6106899
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