Underwater Power Source Study

Abstract

This report is concerned with the development of an ultra low cost underwater propulsion that can horizontally deploy 500 - 1000 feet of sonobuoy cable at depths between 500 and 1000 feet. A trade-off analysis shows that the best system is based on a gas driven water pulsejet (hydropulse) and that the best source of gas is a reaction between Lithium aluminum hydride (LiAlH4) and seawater. The fuel cost for -15 minutes of operation is about $2.00. A design for the pulsejet engine was then prepared (the drawings are in Appendix C) together with reaction rate measuring equipment. This culminates Phase I of the contract.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA112644

Entities

People

  • Harold L. Newhouse
  • Peter R. Payne

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Electric Motors
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Energy Storage
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Exhaust Valves
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gases
  • Hydrogen
  • Liquids
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Thermal Propulsion Systems
  • Underwater Propulsion

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design