An underwater powerplant is described based on a conventional diesel engine using normal hydrocarbon fuel but aspirating a mixture of stored oxygen diluted with recycled exhaust gas, the remaining exhaust gas being passed to the sea by a compressor. The theoretical aspects of the system are covered, followed by details of the mechanical and control system developments carried out in the construction of an operational prototype underwater powerplant. Comparisons are drawn between the recycle unit using various forms of oxygen storage and lead acid batteries, other alternative power systems also being discussed.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Recycle Diesel Underwater Powerplants


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    National Truck, Powerplant, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting ; 1971



    Publication date :

    1971-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Powerplants

    Online Contents | 1994


    POWERPLANTS

    Young, Raymond W. | SAE Technical Papers | 1949


    Aircraft powerplants

    Kroes, Michael J. ;Wild, Thomas W. ;Bent, Ralph D. | TIBKAT | 1992


    Future powerplants

    Fosdick,R.J. | Automotive engineering | 1978


    Aircraft powerplants

    Bent, Ralph Daniel / MacKinley, James Louis | TIBKAT | 1978