A survey of available underwater electric propulsion technologies and implications for platform system safety

Winchester, C.S.; Govar, J.; Banner, J.A.; Squires, Terence Leighton; Smith, Patricia H.

doi:10.1109/auv.2002.1177215

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“…Recently, lithium-ion batteries have been used in AUVs. Although lithium-ion has an energy density of about 115-135 Wh/kg, making the whole package neutrally buoyant in a deep rated vehicle (6000 m) forces the energy density down to a typical range between 50-95 Wh/kg (Adams, 2002;Winchester, 2002;Sharkh, 2003). Life of this battery is limited by number of charging cycles 200-300 (depending on cut-off voltage), thus it makes the battery quite expensive for non-standard AUV operations.…”

Section: State Of the Art Technologies-sub-systems Of Auvsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Research: Current Needs and State of the Art Technologies

Sibenac¹,

Podder²,

Kirkwood³

et al. 2004

mar technol soc j

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Research in the field of scientific Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) has been underway for over three decades. Much of the original work was funded by the military, and the vehicles were intended for Naval Ordnance Systems Command oceanographic needs, although the payloads were for general scientific use. Over the last decade, several autonomous underwater vehicles have been purpose built for both the science community and industrial operations around the world. Because of the variety of mission requirements, AUV configurations and options available today are numerous.Beginning with a brief overview of the history of AUVs for science, the paper continues with discussion of the ocean applications that are suitable to AUVs. Highlighted are some points a potential user might consider when selecting an AUV for a particular science application. An overview of several AUVs available today has been included exploring the cross-section of capabilities offered. This leads into the emerging requirements for AUVs of the future. In conclusion, some insight is given on lessons learned by several members of the oceanographic AUV community and how these lessons might be applicable when considering AUVs as a solution to today's intriguing oceanographic science questions.

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Section: State Of the Art Technologies-sub-systems Of Auvsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Research: Current Needs and State of the Art Technologies

Sibenac¹,

Podder²,

Kirkwood³

et al. 2004

mar technol soc j

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“…Fail to charge Overcharging Battery detection failure (Winchester et al, 2002;Bian et al, 2009a, b;Xu et al, 2013;Aslansefat et al, 2014;Yu et al, 2017;Hegde et al, 2018) Voltage Mission aborting command failure (Ortiz et al, 1999;Bian et al, 2009a, b;Xu et al, 2013;Yu et al, 2017;Hegde et al, 2018)…”

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A Review of Risk Analysis Research for the Operations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Chen

Bose

Brito

et al. 2021

Reliability Engineering & System Safety

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“…The advantages of using an electric propulsion over thermal propulsion are silent operation, ease of speed control and the simplicity (Smith et al, 1996). The silver zinc battery was the most used power source in AUVs for 40 years (Smith et al, 1996;Winchester et al, 2002). But due to recent developments in lithium-ion batteries this has changed (Wilson & Bales, 2006).…”

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The State-of-Art of Underwater Vehicles - Theories and Applications

Wang¹,

Engelaar²,

Chen³

et al. 2009

Mobile Robots - State of the Art in Land, Sea, Air, and Collaborative Missions

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A survey of available underwater electric propulsion technologies and implications for platform system safety

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Research: Current Needs and State of the Art Technologies

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Research: Current Needs and State of the Art Technologies

A Review of Risk Analysis Research for the Operations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

The State-of-Art of Underwater Vehicles - Theories and Applications

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