Title :
Electric propulsion-fleet readiness at affordable costs
Author :
Orndorff, Catherine Marsh ; Egan, Christopher J.
Author_Institution :
Div. Newport, Naval Undersea Warfare Centre, Newport, RI, USA
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 unmanned underwater vehicles. 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 :
electric propulsion; military equipment; motor drives; power supplies to apparatus; reliability; secondary cells; Al-AgO; US Navy fleet; drive motors; electric power plants; electric torpedo propulsion; military power supply; rechargeable batteries; reliability; secondary battery; unmanned underwater vehicles; Batteries; Costs; Marine technology; Power generation; Power system reliability; Propulsion; Silver; Surveillance; Vehicles; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1996., Eleventh Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2994-5
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1996.484970
