CN100526155C - Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy - Google Patents

Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CN100526155C
CN100526155C CNB2005100131371A CN200510013137A CN100526155C CN 100526155 C CN100526155 C CN 100526155C CN B2005100131371 A CNB2005100131371 A CN B2005100131371A CN 200510013137 A CN200510013137 A CN 200510013137A CN 100526155 C CN100526155 C CN 100526155C
Authority
CN
China
Prior art keywords
leather bag
epitrochoidal chamber
hot machine
gliding
energy
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Active
Application number
CNB2005100131371A
Other languages
Chinese (zh)
Other versions
CN1644451A (en
Inventor
王树新
王延辉
侯圣智
张海根
张大涛
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Tianjin Huiyang Intelligent Equipment Co ltd
Original Assignee
Tianjin University
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Tianjin University filed Critical Tianjin University
Priority to CNB2005100131371A priority Critical patent/CN100526155C/en
Publication of CN1644451A publication Critical patent/CN1644451A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CN100526155C publication Critical patent/CN100526155C/en
Active legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Images

Landscapes

  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)

Abstract

A gliding underwater robot driven by temp difference energy is composed of external leather bag and internal leather bag for floating up or sinking down, control circuit board, working chamber of heat machine, electromagnetic valve, check valve, energy accumulator, the external casing consisting of sealed bottom, sealed cylinder and sealed front spherical end, exchangeable horizontal wings, and GPS. The temp variation of seawater can make paraffin wax generate phase change to provide drive energy.

Description

The gliding under-water robot that thermal gradient energy drives
Technical field
The invention belongs to electromechanical integration, be specifically related to a kind of gliding under-water robot that relies on thermal gradient energy to drive.
Technical background
Under-water robot can be used as monitoring platform and is used for ocean and other water environments are monitored, and therefore, is called the underwater monitoring platform again.By carrying different survey sensors, under-water robot can be used as different purposes.The drive energy that general under-water robot uses is electric energy, provides the energy by self-contained lithium cell or other alkaline battery.For example the electric energy of the self-sustaining glug Lang Ri detector ALACE of U.S.'s development and the production of Webb research company drives Slocum underwater glider etc., all adopts electric energy to drive.Their major defect is that because of being subjected to the restriction of the energy, production time is limited, is difficult to for a long time in the specified sea areas operation.The under-water robot that this thermal gradient energy drives is different with the under-water robot that electric energy drives, and its drive energy comes from thermal gradient energy, only uses the electric energy of fraction to provide the energy as control circuit and communication.In north and south latitude 30 degree scopes, there is the above temperature difference of about 10 degree in the waters of ocean surface and certain depth, and this under-water robot utilizes these naturally occurring abundant temperature difference energy as drive energy just.The now reported thermal gradient energy that utilizes is the Slocum underwater glider of being produced by U.S. Webb research company as the under-water robot of drive energy.The design and Slocum under-water robot compare, and it is wide, simple in structure to have the marine site of adaptation scope, and hang gliding is changed characteristics easily.The gliding under-water robot can be realized controlled horizontal direction and movement in vertical direction, and can realize the underwater engine location.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to propose a kind of Underwate self-navigation robot (AUV) that utilizes thermal gradient energy as drive energy control gliding, under-water robot by the hydrodynamism of self-contained horizontal hang gliding, makes robot realize gliding in the sink-float motion process.
The present invention is achieved by the following technical programs.With reference to accompanying drawing, the gliding under-water robot that thermal gradient energy drives mainly has: outer leather bag screened housing body; outer leather bag; sealed chassis; O shape ring seal ring; the bipass joint; battery bracket; control circuit board; hot machine epitrochoidal chamber; India rubber tube; the leather bag support; interior leather bag; endothelium rami capsulares frame loam cake; the valve support; two-way electromagnetic valve; plug; horizontal hang gliding; tee connection; the sealing cylinder housing; check valve; the energy storage support; energy storage; energy storage support loam cake; preceding sealed spheroid; antenna; servomotor; leading screw; attitude control weight; flow controller and counterweight.The outer integral body of under-water robot is made of sealed chassis 3, hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8, sealing cylinder housing 18 and preceding sealed spheroid 23.Hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 is designed to have the column type sealing member of interlayer, and working medium loading and is shut with plug 15 in the interlayer of hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8.Be provided with control circuit board 7 in hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8, lithium cell and control circuit board 7 fit together.Finish ROBOT CONTROL and communication location by control circuit board 7 and the antenna 24 that is positioned at integral head.Hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 is connected to an end of bipass joint 5, and the other end of bipass joint 5 is connected to a port of tee connection 17 by India rubber tube 9.Input end that is connected to first check valve 19-1 of two other port of tee connection 17; Another port connects the mouth of second check valve 19-2.The mouth of first check valve 19-1 is divided into two-way: the one tunnel communicates with energy storage 21; Second the two-way electromagnetic valve 14-2 in another road is connected in outer leather bag 2.The input end of second check valve 19-2 also is divided into two-way: the one tunnel directly is connected to interior leather bag 11; Other has one tunnel first two-way electromagnetic valve of process 14-1 to be connected in outer leather bag 2.At hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 and sealing cylinder housing 18 joining places removable horizontal hang gliding 16 is housed.Control servomotor 25 is connected with 26 of leading screws and then drives attitude controls weight 27 motions.Sealed chassis 3 is connected in hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 bottoms, and hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 tops are connected in sealing cylinder housing 18.Sealing cylinder housing 18 is connected with preceding sealed spheroid 23.Between sealed chassis 3 and the hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8, between sealing cylinder housing 18 and the preceding sealed spheroid 23, all be connected with bolt by O shape ring seal ring 4.In the bottom of sealed chassis 3 counterweight 29 is housed.Interior leather bag 11 is supported by endothelium rami capsulares frame 10 and is fixing with endothelium rami capsulares frame loam cake 12.Energy storage 21 supports with energy storage support loam cake 22 fixing by energy storage support 20.Select for use have temperature susceptibility the working medium paraffin class as working medium loading in described hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 inside.Can ethylene glycol or pure water are as transmitting medium in interior leather bag 11, outer leather bag 2 and remaining hydraulic system.Solid-state and liquid phase transformation can take place in working medium at normal temperatures.Liquefaction cubic expansion during high temperature solidifies volumetric shrinkage during low temperature.
The certain pressure of preliminary filling in the energy storage 21 when starting working, this pressure is a bit larger tham the pressure of working depth.The inner retaining part vacuum of seal casinghousing.The paraffin class working medium is melted to liquid state fully, and cubic expansion is to maximum.Open first two-way electromagnetic valve 14-1, leather bag 11 in the transmission medium (ethylene glycol or pure water) in the outer leather bag 2 enters, this moment, body buoyancy reduced, and under-water robot sinks.In the sinking process along with sea water advanced increase robot external environment temperature also in continuous reduction, when seawater during less than the phase transition temperature of working medium, the paraffin class working medium becomes solid-state mutually, volumetric shrinkage, flow into hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 as transmission medium ethylene glycol in the interior leather bag 11 or pure water through second check valve 19-2 this moment.In the process of under-water robot rise and fall,, realize gliding by the hydrodynamism of removable horizontal tail 16.Under-water robot is when sinking, and servomotor 25 is adjusted the position of attitude control weight 27 with respect to gliding machine people's center of gravity in real time.Robot is when doing gliding, and servomotor 25 is the position of fine setting weight attitude control weight 27 constantly, with control gliding machine people's attitude stabilization.When robot sank to desired depth, second two-way electromagnetic valve 14-2 opened, and the transfer medium stream in the energy storage 21 is gone into outer leather bag 2, and the crust capsule volume increases, and under-water robot rises.In uphill process, sea temperature raises gradually, when greater than the working medium phase transition temperature, undergoes phase transition the thawing cubic expansion, transmits medium and flows into energy storage 21 from hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 through first check valve 19-1, with energy reserve.When floating to water surface, robot just finishes a working cycle.
Description of drawings
Accompanying drawing is that each parts of the present invention assemble constructional drawing.Among the figure: outer leather bag screened housing body-1; Outer leather bag-2; Sealed chassis-3; O shape ring seal ring-4; Bipass joint-5; Battery bracket-6; Control circuit board-7; Hot machine epitrochoidal chamber-8; India rubber tube-9; Leather bag support-10; Interior leather bag-11; Endothelium rami capsulares frame loam cake-12; Valve support-13; First two-way electromagnetic valve 14-1 and second two-way electromagnetic valve 14-2; Plug-15; Horizontal hang gliding-16; Tee connection-17; Sealing cylinder housing-18; First check valve 19-1 and second check valve 19-2; Energy storage support-20; Energy storage-21; Energy storage support loam cake-22; Preceding sealed spheroid-23; Antenna-24; Servomotor-25; Leading screw-26; Attitude control weight-27; Flow controller-28; Counterweight-29.
The characteristics that the present invention has and useful effect are, utilize the temperature difference of the waters degree of depth as driving-energy, by being The variation of system external skin capsule volume and change system's buoyancy utilizes hydrodynamic force and GPS location to realize location under water, by Control system realizes that the underwater people is specifying the waters to finish under water observation and the task such as detection, and the present invention is carried different Sensor can also be realized the monitoring to the waters.
The specific embodiment
By the following examples and with reference to accompanying drawing structural principle of the present invention is described further.The outer whole pressure part of under-water robot is made of outer leather bag screened housing body 1, sealed chassis 3, hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8, sealing cylinder housing 18, seals by O shape ring seal ring between each parts.The installation method of horizontal hang gliding 16 is: at hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 and sealing cylinder housing 18 joining places horizontal hang gliding is inserted in the U-lag, by dowel fixes (shown in accompanying drawing A-A section-drawing).For present embodiment, it is the barrier film energy storage of 2L operation pressure 10Mpa that energy storage 21 adopts actual displacement.The operation pressure of two electromagnetic valves and two check valves is 1.5Mpa.The hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 of under-water robot mainly seals as the part of pressure shell.Horizontal tail length is 1m, wide 20cm.The present embodiment temperature difference drives 100 meters of the gliding under-water robot design effort depth of waters, 20 ℃ of surface layer of water temperature, about 10 ℃ of 100 meters depth of water place temperature.Working medium is C16H34 (16 alkane), 16 ℃ of solid-liquid phase change temperature, and working medium loading is in the epitrochoidal chamber inside of hot machine 8.Transmitting medium adopts the pure water can in interior leather bag 11, outer leather bag 2 and hydraulic system.Energy storage 21 preliminary filling pressure are 1 MPa, 0.7 barometric pressure of sealing cylinder housing 18 inner maintenances.Replaceable horizontal tail 16 is installed on position, robot centre of buoyancy.Its working process is: when robot was in surface layer of water, its attitude kept level, and temperature is greater than 16 ℃, and working medium melts fully and is in liquid state, the cubic expansion maximum.Open first two-way electromagnetic valve 14-1, leather bag 11 in the pure water in the outer leather bag 2 enters, under-water robot sinks.In the sinking process along with sea water advanced increase robot external environment temperature also in continuous reduction, when seawater during less than 16 ℃, working medium C16H34 becomes solid-state mutually, volumetric shrinkage, and flow into hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 as the pure water in the interior leather bag 11 through second check valve 19-2 this moment.When sinking, servomotor 25 makes the relative position of gliding machine people center of gravity and centre of buoyancy change by adjusting the position of attitude control weight 27 with respect to center of gravity, thereby gliding machine people's attitude is changed.Owing to the existence of horizontal tail, the gliding machine people is subjected to the lift effect when moving downward simultaneously, glides according to predetermined course.When gliding, servomotor 25 is the position of fine setting attitude control weight 27 constantly, with control gliding machine people's attitude stabilization.When robot sinks to 100 meters of desired depths, second two-way electromagnetic valve 14-2 opens, and the pure water in the energy storage 21 flows into outer leather bag 2 increases its leather bag volume, and under-water robot begins rising.In uphill process, sea temperature raises gradually, and when greater than 16 ℃, C16H34 undergoes phase transition the thawing cubic expansion, and pure water flows into energy storage 21 with energy reserve from hot machine epitrochoidal chamber 8 through first check valve 19-1.In uphill process, by adjusting the position of attitude control weight 27, to guarantee gliding machine people's attitude stabilization.Owing to the effect of horizontal hang gliding 16, the gliding machine people is subjected to component effect forward equally when rising simultaneously, realizes glide effect upwards.When robot floats to water surface, finish a working cycle.The come-up of robot and dive are all by the communication contact of the control circuit board in the epitrochoidal chamber 87 with the location that is positioned at its top and communication antenna 24 maintenances and ground control system.

Claims (5)

1. the gliding under-water robot of thermal gradient energy driving mainly has outer leather bag screened housing body (1), outer leather bag (2), sealed chassis (3), O shape ring seal ring (4), bipass joint (5), battery bracket (6), control circuit board (7), hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8), India rubber tube (9), interior leather bag (11), two two-way electromagnetic valve (14-1; 14-2), tee connection (17), two check valve (19-1; 19-2), energy storage (21), antenna (24), servomotor (25), leading screw (26), it is characterized in that under-water robot is outer whole by sealed chassis (3), hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8), sealing cylinder housing (18) and preceding sealed spheroid (23) constitute, hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) is designed to have the column type sealing member of interlayer, in hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8), be provided with control circuit board (7), hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) is connected to bipass joint (5), the other end of bipass joint (5) is connected to a port of tee connection (17), input end that is connected to first check valve (19-1) of two other port of tee connection (17) by India rubber tube (9); Another port connects the mouth of second check valve (19-2), the mouth of first check valve (19-1) is divided into two-way: the one tunnel communicates with energy storage (21), second two-way electromagnetic valve in another road (14-2) is connected in outer leather bag (2), the input end of second check valve (19-2) also is divided into two-way: the one tunnel directly is connected to interior leather bag (11), other has one tunnel first two-way electromagnetic valve of process (14-1) to be connected in outer leather bag (2), at hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) and sealing cylinder housing (18) joining place removable horizontal hang gliding (16) is housed, control servomotor (25) is connected with leading screw (26) axle and then drives attitude controls weight (27) motion.
2. the gliding under-water robot that drives according to the described thermal gradient energy of claim 1, it is characterized in that described sealed chassis (3) is connected in hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) bottom, hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) top is connected in sealing cylinder housing (18), sealing cylinder housing (18) is connected with preceding sealed spheroid (23), between described sealed chassis (3) and the hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8), between sealing cylinder housing (18) and the preceding sealed spheroid (23), all be connected with bolt, counterweight (29) be housed in the bottom of described sealed chassis (3) by O shape ring seal ring (4).
3. the gliding under-water robot that drives according to claim 1 or 2 described thermal gradient energies is characterized in that described interior leather bag (11) is by endothelium rami capsulares frame (10) and endothelium rami capsulares frame loam cake (12) fixed pedestal.
4. the gliding under-water robot that drives according to the described thermal gradient energy of claim 1, it is characterized in that selecting for use paraffin class as working medium loading in described hot machine epitrochoidal chamber (8) inside.
5. the gliding under-water robot that drives according to the described thermal gradient energy of claim 1 is characterized in that in leather bag described in (11), outer leather bag (2) and the hydraulic system that can ethylene glycol or pure water are as the transmission medium.
CNB2005100131371A 2005-01-25 2005-01-25 Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy Active CN100526155C (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CNB2005100131371A CN100526155C (en) 2005-01-25 2005-01-25 Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CNB2005100131371A CN100526155C (en) 2005-01-25 2005-01-25 Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
CN1644451A CN1644451A (en) 2005-07-27
CN100526155C true CN100526155C (en) 2009-08-12

Family

ID=34875591

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CNB2005100131371A Active CN100526155C (en) 2005-01-25 2005-01-25 Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CN (1) CN100526155C (en)

Families Citing this family (20)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN100431917C (en) * 2006-04-29 2008-11-12 中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所 Underwater robot sliding driven by buoyant force
CN100384693C (en) * 2006-07-04 2008-04-30 浙江大学 Underwater gliding detector
CN100431918C (en) * 2006-12-19 2008-11-12 天津大学 Mixed submarine navigation device
CN100445164C (en) * 2006-12-21 2008-12-24 天津大学 Self-holding underwater section buoy of using multiple sources of energy, and drive method
CN101867869A (en) * 2010-06-01 2010-10-20 上海海洋大学 Water mobile robot network water area monitoring pre-warning system and realization method thereof
CN102486633B (en) * 2010-12-04 2014-05-07 中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所 Motion parameter optimization method for optimal energy consumption of underwater glider
CN102632980B (en) * 2012-04-26 2014-09-17 中国船舶重工集团公司第七○二研究所 Underwater glider utilizing ocean wave energy and charging method
CN102975836B (en) * 2012-12-18 2015-09-02 天津大学 A kind of Underwater glider energy source system and control method thereof
CN104895752A (en) * 2015-05-20 2015-09-09 西北工业大学 Novel ocean thermal energy utilization device
CN104990685A (en) * 2015-07-01 2015-10-21 浙江海洋学院 Combined wing motion control mechanism for water-power model test
CN105620654A (en) * 2016-02-25 2016-06-01 西北工业大学 Hybrid-propulsion underwater vehicle
CN107765265B (en) * 2016-08-22 2023-04-25 中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所 Streamline iridium satellite pressure-resistant device capable of bearing pressure of 100MPa and supplying water to power off
CN107061429B (en) * 2017-03-23 2018-06-19 东南大学 A kind of deepwater hydraulic system
CN107063667B (en) * 2017-05-16 2019-03-29 浙江大学 The phase transformation buoyancy engine performance test apparatus of temperature active control
CN107605677B (en) * 2017-09-30 2023-11-17 王延辉 Temperature difference energy power generation device for unmanned underwater vehicle
CN109751179A (en) * 2019-03-13 2019-05-14 余姚市浙江大学机器人研究中心 A kind of phase transformation buoyancy engine device
CN110053742B (en) * 2019-04-26 2020-09-22 吉林大学 Self-adaptive multifunctional double-body underwater glider
CN110641637B (en) * 2019-09-10 2022-06-03 哈尔滨工程大学 Ocean observation platform with controllable track based on thermoelectric power generation
CN111824377B (en) * 2020-08-03 2022-08-23 江阴市大阪涂料有限公司 Buoyancy adjusting device of underwater vehicle
CN114260924B (en) * 2022-03-01 2022-05-03 广东海洋大学 Underwater mechanical arm

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN1644451A (en) 2005-07-27

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CN100526155C (en) Gliding movement underwater robot driven by temperature differential energy
CN100445164C (en) Self-holding underwater section buoy of using multiple sources of energy, and drive method
CN100411944C (en) Underwater glider with complex powersource and its driivng method
Webb et al. SLOCUM: An underwater glider propelled by environmental energy
CN109353477B (en) underwater glider
CN106114783B (en) Generated electricity and snorkeled using ocean thermal energy unmanned submersible's system that gliding controls
CN109975064B (en) Submarine ore exploration vehicle and ore collection method thereof
Chao Autonomous underwater vehicles and sensors powered by ocean thermal energy
CN110901864B (en) Compact and modular ocean temperature difference energy driven buoyancy adjusting device
CN108454809B (en) A kind of automatic buoyancy of double-pump type and attitude regulating mechanism
CN202828056U (en) Underwater vehicle floating-sinking device driven by ocean temperature difference energy
CN104595137A (en) Power supplying and driving device and method for ocean monitoring device
WO2012050624A1 (en) Submerged charging station
CN105952691B (en) A kind of thermal gradient energy drives ocean profile kinematic system
US20120318188A1 (en) Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
CN102114900A (en) Ocean profile loop detection buoy
CN104443278B (en) Virtual anchoring profile buoy
CN100551774C (en) Thermal gradient energy drives the under-water robot of vertical lift
CN105822609A (en) Temperature-difference-energy-drive ocean profile moving and power generating system with speed regulating valve
CN105857554A (en) Underwater vehicle buoyancy measuring method
CN111661288A (en) Temperature difference energy and electric energy buoyancy driving system for underwater vehicle and vehicle driving method based on system
CN2934066Y (en) Submerged gliding detector
US20160047362A1 (en) Phase Change Device for Use within a Volume of Fluid
CN103935471B (en) Cylinder stretches and buoy buoyancy adjustment device in thrust by airscrew water
CN104290887A (en) Underwater magnetic metal adsorption device and controlling method

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
C06 Publication
PB01 Publication
C10 Entry into substantive examination
SE01 Entry into force of request for substantive examination
C14 Grant of patent or utility model
GR01 Patent grant
TR01 Transfer of patent right
TR01 Transfer of patent right

Effective date of registration: 20231212

Address after: 300384 Tianjin Binhai New Area Binhai High tech Zone Huayuan Industrial Zone (Outer Ring) Building 2, No. 2 Huake Fourth Road, Haitai, East Zone, 1st and 2nd floors

Patentee after: Tianjin Huiyang Intelligent Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Address before: 300072 Tianjin city Wei Jin Road No. 92

Patentee before: Tianjin University