An extended-range wave-powered autonomous underwater vehicle applied to underwater wireless sensor networks.

ABSTRACT: The autonomous underwater vehicle has widespread applications in marine resource exploration, seabed search and rescue, underwater military reconnaissance, and marine environmental monitoring. Owing to the limited battery capacity, autonomous underwater vehicles usually only operate for several hours or days at a time. This article presents an extended-range wave-powered autonomous underwater vehicle (WPAUV) for underwater wireless sensor networks. Through theoretical analysis, simulation, dry and field experiments, the power generation performance of the extended-range WPAUV was evaluated. Under different wave amplitudes and wave frequencies, the mechanical efficiency of the extended-range WPAUV ranges from 20.41% to 81.56%. The average efficiency is 45.35%. In the field experiments, unde

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356094 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature