An interface system for autonomous undersea vehicles

Author

Feezor, Michael D. ; Sorrell, F.Yates ; Blankinship, Paul R.

Author_Institution

Electron. Design Consultants, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Volume

26

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

525

Abstract

Central to the successful operation of an autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) is the capability to return from a mission, in that there is consistent recovery or docking of the AUV. In addition, some missions may require communication with and power transfer to the AUV after docking. This paper describes an inductive system that provides a nonintrusive power and communications interface between the dock and the AUV. The system makes up to 200 W of AC or DC power available to the AUV. The communications interface is 10BaseT Ethernet and is platform- and protocol-independent. The overall design of the system is given as well as results from wet laboratory and field tests

Keywords

local area networks; marine telemetry; power electronics; power inductors; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; 10BaseT Ethernet; AC power; DC power; autonomous undersea vehicle; contactless power; control software; data interface; docking interface; double resonant mode; inductive data transfer; inductive power transfer; interface transformer; power conditioner; power transfer electronics; rectifier; sine-wave inverter; Actuators; Batteries; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Laboratories; Mobile robots; Propulsion; Remotely operated vehicles; System testing; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0364-9059

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/48.972087

Filename

972087