TWI537179B - Use seawater battery driven water vehicles - Google Patents

Description

Waterborne vehicle driven underwater vehicle

The invention relates to a water carrier, and more particularly to an underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery.

Generally, a motor that is propelled by an electric motor usually needs to be equipped with a plurality of batteries, so as to achieve the purpose of providing power, and when the user wants to increase the continuous force, the number of the batteries must be increased, but the number is increased. The number of batteries reduces the space used in the vessel and has the problem of reducing the load capacity of the vessel.

Thus, in the Republic of China Patent Publication No. 201036868, it discloses a ship having a power supply carrier, including a hull, and at least one accompanying carrier. The hull includes a first load bearing space, an electric motor, and a propulsion assembly coupled to the electric motor. The accompanying carrier is coupled to one side of the hull and includes a second carrying space, and a plurality of batteries detachably disposed in the second carrying space. The battery is electrically connected to a pair of circuits that should be powered by an electric motor. . Thereby, the battery is mounted by the carrier, and the number of the battery can be increased according to the design of the hull in synchronization with the user, and the shortage of the first bearing space can be avoided. And the advantage of reducing the load capacity of the hull.

However, the above-described manner of using the accompanying carrier to mount the battery avoids the occupation of the battery in the first carrying space, but the battery is mounted on the outer side of the hull, not only does the hull not be reduced. Actual load, and also imposes many restrictions and inconveniences on the hull during navigation, such as increasing the width of the hull and the battery easily colliding with foreign objects. It is easy to damage and fall off. Moreover, this type of battery is generally used for battery. The electrode needs to be stored together with the electrolyte. It has more safety concerns on storage, and it is easy to contact if it is hung on the outside of the hull. There is a problem of rusting in seawater, so there is a need for improvement.

The main object of the present invention is to solve the conventional use of a battery as a power source driven vessel, the battery being mounted on the vessel has the disadvantage of reducing the load of the vessel, causing inconvenience to the navigation of the vessel, and having more safety concerns on storage. And problems that are prone to rust.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery that sails in a sea and includes a body, a first-class road, a seawater battery, and a power system. The body is carried in the ocean and includes a front half and a rear half connected to the front half; the flow channel is disposed on the body, and includes an inlet disposed in the front half, and an outlet disposed in the rear half a wall surface connected between the inlet and the outlet, the wall surface comprising an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface facing the upper wall surface; the seawater battery is disposed in the flow channel, including the ocean water flowing into the flow channel a seawater and a cathode and an anode respectively connected to the wall, the cathode being disposed on the upper wall surface and extending from the upper wall surface toward the lower wall surface without contacting the lower wall surface, the anode being disposed on the lower wall, and Extending from the lower wall surface toward the upper wall surface without contacting the upper wall surface and spaced apart from the cathode, the seawater flows into the flow channel from the inlet and flows out of the flow channel from the outlet, the cathode and the anode are separated from each other Contacting the seawater; the power system is disposed on the body and electrically connected to the seawater battery to contact the ocean in the body.

Wherein, after the seawater enters the flow channel from the inlet, it is hindered by the cathode and the anode, flows out in the flow channel toward the outlet, and uses the seawater as a continuously supplemented electrolyte, when the seawater flows through the flow channel An electrochemical reaction is further performed with the cathode and the anode to generate an electrical energy, and the power system is driven by the electrical energy to push the body to move in the ocean.

To achieve the above object, the present invention further provides an underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery, the underwater vehicle traveling in a sea, comprising a body, a first-class road, a seawater battery, and a power system. The body is carried in the ocean and includes a front half and a rear half connected to the front half; the flow channel is disposed on the body, and includes an inlet disposed in the front half, and an outlet disposed in the rear half a wall surface connected between the inlet and the outlet, the wall surface comprising at least one protrusion having a first side opposite to a second side and a second side; the seawater battery is disposed in the flow channel a seawater flowing into the flow channel and a cathode and an anode respectively connected to the water surface, the cathode being disposed on the first side, the anode being disposed on the second side and spaced apart from the cathode The seawater flows into the flow channel from the inlet and exits the flow channel from the outlet, the cathode and the anode are separated from each other to be in contact with the seawater; and the power system is disposed on the body and electrically connected to the seawater battery Connected to the ocean in contact with the body.

Wherein, after the seawater enters the flow channel from the inlet, it is hindered by the cathode and the anode, flows out in the flow channel toward the outlet, and uses the seawater as a continuously supplemented electrolyte, when the seawater flows through the flow channel An electrochemical reaction is further performed with the cathode and the anode to generate an electrical energy, and the power system is driven by the electrical energy to push the body to move in the ocean.

In this way, according to the arrangement of the seawater battery, the seawater battery is the electrolyte which is directly used in the flow channel, and has the following advantages compared with the conventional vessel for mounting the battery:

1. Does not occupy the carrying space of the water carrier, nor does it reduce the load of the water carrier.

2. The seawater battery is disposed in the flow channel to prevent the conventional battery from being mounted on the external body to increase the width of the water carrier, which causes limitation and inconvenience during navigation, and is not easy to be damaged or dropped due to collision. The situation.

3. In order to directly use seawater as an electrolyte, there is no safety concern in general storage of batteries and corrosion of seawater.

1‧‧‧The ocean

10‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧ first half

The second half of 12‧‧

20‧‧‧ flow path

21‧‧‧ entrance

22‧‧‧Export

23‧‧‧ wall

231‧‧‧ upper wall

232‧‧‧ lower wall

233‧‧‧ bumps

30‧‧‧Seawater battery

31‧‧‧ seawater

32, 32a‧‧‧ cathode

33, 33a‧‧‧ anode

40‧‧‧Power System

41‧‧‧ energy storage device

42‧‧‧Protection device

50‧‧‧Control system

W‧‧‧Flow width

A‧‧‧ cathode length

B‧‧‧Anode length

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an electrical block according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

The detailed description and the technical content of the present invention will now be described with reference to the following drawings: Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which are respectively a schematic structural view and an electrical block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention, such as The present invention is an underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery that sails in a sea 1 and includes a body 10, a first-class road 20, a seawater battery 30, and a power system 40. The body 10 is carried on the ocean 1 and includes a front half 11 and a rear half 12, which is the portion of the front half facing the ocean 1 when the underwater vehicle is sailing, and the rear half 12 is The front half 11 is connected. The flow channel 20 is disposed in the body 10 and includes an inlet 21, an outlet 22, and a wall surface 23. The inlet 21 is disposed in the front half 11 and is submerged in the ocean 1 under the sea surface to make the ocean 1 A seawater 31 flows from the inlet 21 into the flow passage 20, and the outlet 22 is disposed in the rear half 12, and is also immersed in the sea 1 under the sea surface, and the seawater 31 flows out of the flow passage 20 through the outlet 22. The wall surface 23 is connected between the inlet 21 and the outlet 22, and includes an upper wall surface 231 and a lower wall surface 232 facing the upper wall surface 231. The upper wall surface 231 is spaced apart from the lower wall surface 232. The track width W, the seawater 31 is filled with the flow path 20 and is in contact with the wall surface 23.

The seawater battery 30 is disposed in the flow channel 20, and includes the seawater 31 flowing into the flow channel 20 from the ocean 1 and a cathode 32 and an anode 33. The cathode 32 and the anode 33 are respectively connected to the wall surface 23. And contacting the seawater 31 separately from each other. In the first embodiment, the cathode 32 is connected to the upper wall surface 231 and extends from the upper wall surface 231 toward the lower wall surface 232 without contacting the lower wall surface 232. a cathode length A, the material of the cathode 32 may be a carbon nanotube, a composite material formed of a carbon nanotube, a metal, a metal compound, a superconductor, a graphite or a conductive polymer; the anode 33 is connected to the lower wall 232, extending from the lower wall surface 232 toward the upper wall surface 231 without contacting the upper wall surface 231, having an anode length B, the material of the anode 33 may be metal, metal alloy, and the cathode length A plus the anode The length B is greater than the width W of the flow channel, so that the seawater 31 enters the flow channel 20 from the inlet 21, and is disturbed by the cathode 32 and the anode 33. In the flow channel 20, the sputum flows out toward the outlet 22. Increasing the contact of the seawater 31 with the cathode 32 and the anode 33 And the area between.

The power system 40 is disposed on the body 10 and electrically connected to the seawater battery 30, and contacts the ocean 1 outside the body 10. In this embodiment, the power system 40 includes an energy storage device 41 and a propulsion device 42 in contact with the ocean 1 , the energy storage device 41 is electrically connected to the seawater battery 30 for storing an electric energy generated by the seawater battery 30, which may be a battery, and the propulsion device 42 is from the The energy storage device 41 takes the electrical energy and converts the electrical energy into a mechanical energy output to push the body 10 to move in the ocean 1, which may be a rotating engine with blades.

In the first embodiment, the water carrier further includes a control system 50 disposed on the body 10 and electrically connected to the power system 40 for operating the power system 40 to control the water. Carriage carried in the ocean 1 .

When the present invention is used, the ocean 1 is continuously flowed from the inlet 21 into the flow channel 20 and flows out of the seawater 31 of the flow channel 20 from the outlet 22 as an continuously replenishing electrolyte, the seawater 31 being in the flow channel 20, wherein an electrochemical reaction is performed with the cathode 32 and the anode 33, the electrochemical reaction comprising an electrochemical oxidation reaction between the seawater 31 and the anode 33: M → M ²⁺ + 2e ^- and the cathode Electrochemical reduction reaction carried out by 32: O ₂ +2H ₂ O+4e ^- → 4OH ^-

According to this, the electric energy is generated, and the electric energy is transmitted to the energy storage device 41 for storage, and a user controls the electric energy stored in the energy storage device 41 by operating the control system 50 to drive the propulsion device 42 to push. The body 10 moves in the ocean 1 and sails.

Referring to FIG. 3 again, it is a schematic structural view of a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure: in this embodiment, compared with the first embodiment, the wall surface 23 is further a plurality of protrusions 233 embossed in the flow channel 20, the protrusions 233 each having a first side opposite to each other and a second side, the cathode 32a correspondingly disposed on the first side The anode 33a is disposed on the second side and is not spaced apart from the cathode 32a. Accordingly, the cathode 32a and the anode 33a may also contact the seawater 31 in the flow channel 20 to perform the electrochemical Reaction to produce this electrical energy.

In summary, since the present invention provides the flow channel in the body and the seawater battery is disposed in the flow channel, since the seawater battery is an electrolyte directly used in the flow channel, the conventional sea hangs The battery carrying vessel does not need to occupy the carrying space of the water carrier, and does not reduce the load of the water carrier. Further, the seawater battery is disposed in the flow channel, so as to avoid the conventional battery being mounted on the battery. Increasing the width of the water carrier in vitro, causing limitation and inconvenience during navigation, and not easily causing damage or falling off due to collision. Finally, the present invention directly uses seawater to continuously generate electrolyte for power generation, and is stably provided. Electricity, but there is no safety concern in general storage of batteries and rusting problems with seawater, and it will not create a dangerous environment. Substance, therefore, the present invention is highly progressive and meets the requirements of applying for an invention patent, and the application is filed according to law, and the praying office will grant the patent as soon as possible.

The present invention has been described in detail above, but the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. That is, the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the present application should remain within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

1‧‧‧The ocean

10‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧ first half

The second half of 12‧‧

20‧‧‧ flow path

21‧‧‧ entrance

22‧‧‧Export

23‧‧‧ wall

231‧‧‧ upper wall

232‧‧‧ lower wall

30‧‧‧Seawater battery

31‧‧‧ seawater

32‧‧‧ cathode

33‧‧‧Anode

40‧‧‧Power System

41‧‧‧ energy storage device

42‧‧‧Protection device

50‧‧‧Control system

W‧‧‧Flow width

A‧‧‧ cathode length

B‧‧‧Anode length

Claims (8)

An underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery, the underwater vehicle traveling in a sea, comprising: a body carried on the ocean, the body comprising a front half and a rear half connected to the front half; In the flow channel of the body, the flow channel includes an inlet disposed in the front half, an outlet disposed in the rear half, and a wall connected between the inlet and the outlet, the wall surface including an upper wall surface and a a lower wall surface facing the upper wall surface; a seawater battery disposed in the flow channel, the seawater battery comprising a seawater flowing into the flow channel for the ocean and a cathode and an anode respectively connected to the wall surface, a cathode is disposed on the upper wall surface and extends from the upper wall surface toward the lower wall surface without contacting the lower wall surface, the anode is disposed on the lower wall and extends from the lower wall surface toward the upper wall surface without contacting the upper wall surface and The cathodes are spaced apart, the seawater flows into the flow channel from the inlet and exits the flow channel from the outlet, the cathode and the anode are separated from each other and are in contact with the seawater, wherein the cathode faces the upper wall The lower wall extends to have a cathode length, and the anode extends from the lower wall toward the upper wall surface to have an anode length, the upper wall surface to the lower wall surface being separated by a first-class width, the cathode length plus the anode length being greater than the a flow path width for increasing the time and area of contact of the seawater with the cathode and the anode; and a power system disposed on the body, the power system being electrically connected to the seawater battery and contacting the ocean in the body; wherein After the seawater enters the flow channel from the inlet, it is disturbed by the cathode and the anode, and flows out toward the outlet in the flow channel, and the seawater is used as a continuously supplemented electrolyte when the seawater flows through the flow channel. And further performing an electrification with the cathode and the anode The reaction is induced to generate an electrical energy that is driven by the electrical system to urge the body to move within the ocean. The waterborne vehicle-driven underwater vehicle of claim 1, further comprising a control system disposed on the body for operating the power system, the control system being electrically connected to the power system. The waterborne vehicle-driven underwater vehicle of claim 1, wherein the power system comprises an energy storage device electrically connected to the seawater battery and receiving the electrical energy for storage. An underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery according to claim 3, wherein the power system further comprises a propulsion device electrically connected to the energy storage device and contacting the ocean outside the body, the propulsion device The electrical energy stored by the energy storage device is converted into a mechanical energy output to propel the body to move in the ocean. An underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery, the underwater vehicle traveling in a sea, comprising: a body carried on the ocean, the body comprising a front half and a rear half connected to the front half; In the flow channel of the body, the flow channel includes an inlet disposed in the front half, an outlet disposed in the rear half, and a wall connected between the inlet and the outlet, the wall including at least one protrusion The protrusion has a first side and a second side opposite to each other; a seawater battery disposed in the flow channel, the seawater battery includes a seawater flowing into the flow channel for the ocean and respectively Connecting a cathode and an anode, the cathode being disposed on the first side, the anode being disposed on the second side and spaced apart from the cathode, the seawater Flowing from the inlet into the flow channel and flowing out of the flow channel, the cathode and the anode are separated from each other to be in contact with the seawater; and a power system disposed on the body, the power system and the seawater battery are electrically connected Connecting and contacting the ocean outside the body; wherein the seawater enters the flow channel from the inlet, is blocked by the cathode and the anode, flows out in the flow channel toward the outlet, and uses the seawater as a continuous supplement An electrolyte, when the seawater flows through the flow path, further electrochemically reacts with the cathode and the anode to generate an electrical energy, and the power system is driven by the electrical energy to push the body to move in the ocean. The waterborne vehicle-driven underwater vehicle of claim 5, further comprising a control system disposed on the body for operating the power system, the control system being electrically connected to the power system. An underwater vehicle driven by a seawater battery according to claim 5, wherein the power system comprises an energy storage device electrically connected to the seawater battery and receiving the electrical energy for storage. The waterborne vehicle-driven underwater vehicle of claim 7, wherein the power system further comprises a propulsion device electrically connected to the energy storage device and contacting the ocean outside the body, the propulsion device The electrical energy stored by the energy storage device is converted into a mechanical energy output to propel the body to move in the ocean.