Multifunctional Structure-Battery Composites for Marine Applications

摘要: Abstract : There is current interest in increasing the time-on-station endurance of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) through use hybrid power systems consisting fuel cells for cruise-mode and batteries sprint-mode portions a mission. Today, most electric-powered UUVs large that are contained within hull. In moving to systems, significant hull space can be freed up additional fuel-oxidizer or payload by relocating battery into UUV skin other structural components. previous works, we have examined multifunctional structure-power materials/components available energy and/or decreasing weight small-scale systems. The present work focuses on integration high-energy lithium- ion (polymer) fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials application largerscale marine operational environment (i.e., seawater at depth) large-scale storage capacity requirements posed new challenges design process.