Cost Saving Alternative for Stack Reformer Packaging in Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Not Available The U.S. Navy has enjoyed a substantial submarine acoustic advantage for over four decades. However, improvements in the new classes of Russian submarines have significantly reduced generated noise levels, narrowing this advantage dramatically. The Navy is looking for highly innovative technologies to meet this challenge. This Phase I proposal brings highly innovative state-of-the-practice COTS technologies to the design of a Total Ship Monitoring System (TSM). This proposal will address the sensor telemetry and processing system for a TSM system and proposes a number of options for the sensor system. The proposed sensor telemetry system will be based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) COTS technology and the processing system will be based on the Advanced Processing Build (APB) processor model (i.e., Transportable Middleware and COTS Hardware and Software). The success of a TSM system rests with its ability to scale, evolve, and inter-operate with other ship systems. Use of proven COTS technologies and processes in this Phase I will provide the key building blocks for development of an architecture that will remain modern through evolutionary processor upgrades and increasingly capable software. These technologies also ensure an open system that will prove easily compatible with other ship's systems.