Undersea Vehicle and Method for Operating the Same

The present invention includes an underwater vehicle power unit and method of operating the same comprising: a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders that are volumetrically and gravitationally balanced during operation; a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Zbranek, John, Hadley, Chris, Varughese, Jibi, McIntire, Justin, Reeh, Jonathan, Stevens, Jady, Hitchens, Geoffrey D, Jefferson, Tiffany, Parkey, Jeffrey S, Balasubramanian, Ashwin Kumar, Penny, Marc w
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS THEREOF ELECTRICITY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY RELATED EQUIPMENT SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention includes an underwater vehicle power unit and method of operating the same comprising: a fuel and waste stack comprising one or more reactant or fuel storage bladders and one or more waste storage bladders that are volumetrically and gravitationally balanced during operation; a fuel reactor that generates hydrogen; a fuel cell capable of generating an electrical current when exposed to hydrogen; and a controller that controls the flow of fuel into the hydrogen generator, the flow of hydrogen into the fuel cell and the flow of waste from the hydrogen generator, and/or the fuel cell into the one or more waste storage bladders.