Compact Multi-Diver Heating System (Navy)
Abstract
The SEAL Delivery Vehicle/Shallow Water Combat Submersible (SDV/SWCS) Compact Multi Diver Heating System project seeks to significantly reduce the size and form factor of the SOCOM Multi Diver Heating and Cooling System and to modify it to allow insertion and removal from wet submersibles. This is to provide Navy SEALs operating in very cold water “thermal neutrality” by providing active heating so as to keep divers in thermal balance, improve physical and mental performance, eliminate non-freezing injuries and increase the duration of mission profiles in support of cold water operations. The system is based on vapor compression (Heat Pump) technology and will include enhancements of the vapor compression unit, improve fluid lines to reduce heat loss, and refine liquid circulating garment design and connection fittings to maximize heat transfer efficiency, while ensuring diver agility and comfort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- bb632a37f64bd52e7c8eeb252f07021f