Solar and wave powered AUV concept

Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on Underwater Technology (Cat. No.00EX418) Pub Date : 2000-05-23 DOI:10.1109/UT.2000.852530

M. Ageev

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Performances of solar powered AUV, evidently, depend on available solar energy. Low efficiency of industrially produced solar panels (10-16%) affords sufficient amount of energy at low latitudes and does not at high latitudes of about 50 degrees and more. On the contrary, available wave energy distribution increases with latitude. A similar relation of solar and wave energies applies to their seasonal variations. Hence, combination of solar and wave energies promises more efficient use of the vehicle at all latitudes during the whole year period. Converters of wave energy to electrical energy are usually cumbersome mechanical structures unsuitable for installation on AUV. It is more reasonable to use the wave energy for vehicle's motion. In this case a very fortunate situation occurs. The best shape for solar vehicle being a wing, and it being possible to transform wave oscillations to forward movement using three fixed wings, the demands of efficient solar powered and wave driven vehicles fully coincide. These relationships are considered in the paper and some resulting data are given.

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太阳能和波浪动力AUV概念

显然，太阳能AUV的性能取决于可用的太阳能。工业生产的太阳能电池板效率低(10-16%)，在低纬度地区能提供足够的能量，而在50度以上的高纬度地区则不能。相反，有效波能分布随纬度增加而增加。太阳能量和波浪能量的类似关系也适用于它们的季节变化。因此，太阳能和波浪能的结合保证了全年在所有纬度更有效地使用车辆。波浪能转换成电能通常是笨重的机械结构，不适合安装在水下航行器上。利用波浪能驱动汽车运动更为合理。在这种情况下，发生了一种非常幸运的情况。太阳能汽车的最佳形状是机翼，并且可以使用三个固定的机翼将波浪振荡转化为向前运动，高效太阳能汽车和波浪驱动汽车的需求完全一致。本文考虑了这些关系，并给出了一些结果数据。

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