Electric propulsion: fleet readiness at affordable costs

Author

Orndorff, Catherine Marsh ; Egan, Christopher J.

Author_Institution

Div. Newport, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI, USA

Volume

11

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

31

Abstract

The successful development and demonstration of the Al-AgO primary battery system dramatically demonstrated the viability of electric power plants for torpedo propulsion. Present efforts are focused on the development and demonstration of very low cost, quiet, high performance, safe, environmentally compatible, rechargeable batteries for heavyweight and lightweight torpedoes and tactical-sized UUVs. Electric power plants consisting of a rechargeable battery and a high reliability motor must be affordable to own and operate and enable turn-around without teardown for today´s Fleet assets

Keywords

aerospace propulsion; aluminium; electric propulsion; military equipment; primary cells; silver compounds; Al-AgO; Al-AgO primary battery; Navy; affordable costs; cost; electric power plants; electric propulsion; environmentally compatible; fleet readiness; performance; rechargeable batteries; safety; tactical-sized UUV; torpedo propulsion; Batteries; Costs; Marine technology; Noise reduction; Power generation; Propulsion; Surveillance; Underwater vehicles; Weapons; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.494185

Filename

494185