SBIR/STTR Research Award
Underwater Autonomous Power Generation
Award amount
$62,488Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Imetrix, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
For long term deployment of oceanographic instrumentation, it is highly desirable to have a system to provide an independent means of recharging batteries. Recent advances in mooring dynamics analysis open new possibilities of using the time varying tension on a mooring line as a potential source of energy. This energy source will be quantified and compared with other more conventional sources, including solar, current and wave energy. A device will be designed to extract this energy without compromising the structural integrity of the mooring.
Technology keywords
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