Diesel-Hybrid Power Plants for Industry - Submarine Vessels Case Study

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Common, public domain knowledge governs all following observations. What one powerplant does, such as the powerplant for a submarine could apply to any drivetrain's power plant, including power stations.

Nuclear powered submarines (nuclear submarines) often seem to attract the interest of international, naval projection planners. The two main justifications for nuclear submarines are that they delivery a power density and an unbeatable energy density. The second part means that they can navigate for extended months without refuelling or resurfacing, as they also reset the carbon dioxide scrubbers, while continuing to maintain ballast control.

Power Density

1. Nuclear submarines produce a power density of up to 350 MW / m^3 of nuclear core power.

   
   

2. Diesel engines produce 15 200 MW / m^3 (including oxygen) power density

   
   

3. Aqueous, lithium carbonate batteries produce about 2.9 MW/ m^3 power density. Unlike nuclear fuel rods, the batteries can be continually recharged from the marine, ionic waves above the vessel. With a dense fly wheel, the electric motors can sustain the angular momentum or torque produced by the diesel engine, or engines (where redundancy is considered).

   
   

4. The diesel engines and electric motors can work to produce most power surges via the diesel engines, and all cruising power from the electric motor and fly wheel combination. The power from the battery and marine, wave, ionic field collector would scrub the oxygen supply to the engines and to the crew, simultaneously.

   
   

   To keep the vessel quiet, perforated and fire resistant k-lite would be used to sound proof the engine bay. The engine should rest entirely within a surrounding array of motor car wheel, shock absorbers - a quieter arrangement than fewer truck wheel shock absorbers.

   
   

5. To maintain the quietness of the vessel the propeller of fan should be replaced by a cowled fan, or better stated, a turbofan, for near silent coasting.

Any other systems to be included would be necessarily top secret, for any party embarking on the system describe for military submarine application.

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