M4-NUWC Overview Fontaine.pdf
M4-NUWC Overview Fontaine.pdf
M4-NUWC Overview Fontaine.pdf
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Advanced Air-Independent Energy<br />
Solutions for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles<br />
Specific energy, Wh/kg<br />
1375 Wh/kg = TNT<br />
Challenges to meeting UUV<br />
power requirements include:<br />
• Air-independent operation<br />
• Refuelability<br />
• Multi-mission capability<br />
• Stealth<br />
• Safety<br />
• Environmentally benign<br />
• Endurance (high energy<br />
density)<br />
• Weight/volume constraints<br />
• Buoyancy<br />
• Start-up<br />
• low/no signature<br />
* David Linden Handbook of Batteries, 2nd ed, 1995<br />
Existing Commercial Sector and Conventional Energy<br />
Sources will NOT meet the Navy UUV Future Requirements
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