Wave energy systems for recharging AUV energy supplies

Author

Hagerman, George

Author_Institution

Center for Energy & the Global Environ., Virginia Tech Alexandria Res. Inst., VA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

84

Abstract

This paper describes ocean wave energy resources and characterizes their global distribution and temporal variability. It presents an overview of wave energy conversion devices that have progressed beyond the laboratory wave tank and have been proven at sea, and which lend themselves to miniaturization and packaging in a configuration suitable for recharging AUV power supplies from a docking station base. Finally, it describes a wave-powered docking station concept that takes advantage of ocean engineering developments in rapidly deployed mooring systems and artificial, submerging seafloors to provide a relocatable AUV dock that also can serve as a sustainable "gateway" platform for undersea observatories.

Keywords

fuel cells; power supplies to apparatus; remotely operated vehicles; secondary cells; underwater vehicles; wave power generation; AUV energy supplies recharging; artificial submerging seafloors; docking station base; global distribution; miniaturization; ocean engineering developments; ocean wave energy resources; packaging; rapidly deployed mooring systems; temporal variability; undersea observatories; wave energy conversion devices; wave energy systems; wave-powered docking station; Laboratories; Marine technology; Ocean waves; Packaging; Planets; Power supplies; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Space technology; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 Workshop on

ISSN

1522-3167

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7572-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUV.2002.1177207

Filename

1177207