WO2020177038A1

WO2020177038A1 - All-weather sonar monitoring apparatus

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Publication number: WO2020177038A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/076770
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘浩源; 郑淏元; 郑瑞云; 郑玉军; 孙立晶; 田丙奇
Original assignee: 唐山哈船科技有限公司; 唐山圣因海洋科技有限公司
Priority date: 2019-03-01
Filing date: 2019-03-01
Publication date: 2020-09-10

Abstract

Provided is an all-weather sonar monitoring apparatus, comprising an electric energy supply device (1) and a monitoring device (2). The electric energy supply device (1) comprises a floating apparatus, an electricity generation apparatus, an electricity storage apparatus and a winding and unwinding apparatus. The monitoring device (2) comprises a sealed main body (21), a gasbag (24), a sonar device (26) and a gas compressor (23), wherein a high-pressure gas chamber (22) is provided inside the sealed main body (21), two ends of the gas compressor (23) are respectively in communication with the high-pressure gas chamber (22) and the gasbag (24), a gas-guide tube with a regulating valve (25) is arranged between the high-pressure gas chamber (22) and the gasbag (24), and the high-pressure gas chamber (22), the gas compressor (23), the gasbag (24) and the gas-guide tube form a gas circulation channel. The floating device is provided with a solar cell (12) and a wind power generation apparatus (13) to provide energy for up-and-down lifting sonar monitoring in water, thereby enabling the whole monitoring apparatus to perform all-weather monitoring of seabed conditions.

Description

All-weather sonar monitoring equipment

Technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of subsea monitoring, in particular to an all-weather sonar monitoring equipment.

Background technique

The ocean is rich in resources and contains a large number of organisms. The research on seabed organisms can bring a lot of help to mankind. Therefore, it is very necessary to monitor seabed organisms.

However, because the seabed itself has little sunlight and organisms are highly resistant to light, using artificially turned on submarine-type observation equipment to enter the seabed will affect the entire seabed environment and cannot accurately monitor the true conditions of the seabed.

Summary of the invention

Aiming at the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention proposes an all-weather sonar monitoring equipment, which can monitor the seabed all-weather and send the acquired information in time.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object of the invention, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: an all-weather sonar monitoring equipment, including an electric power supply device and a monitoring device, the electric power supply device includes floating equipment, power generation equipment, power storage equipment and winding equipment, so The power generation equipment, power storage equipment, and winding and unwinding equipment are all fixed on the floating equipment; the power generation equipment includes solar cells and wind power generation equipment connected to the power storage equipment, and the winding and unwinding equipment includes a motor and Rotating shaft, the motor is connected to the power storage device to drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the monitoring device includes a sealed body, an air bag, a sonar device, and a gas compressor. The sealed body is provided with a high-pressure gas cavity. Both ends of the compressor are respectively communicated with the high-pressure gas chamber and the airbag. An air duct with a regulating valve is also provided between the high-pressure gas chamber and the airbag. The high-pressure gas chamber, the gas compressor, The airbag and the air duct constitute a gas circulation channel; the airbag is fixed on the outer wall of the sealing body, and the sonar device is fixed on the upper surface of the sealing body; a connecting wire is wound on the rotating shaft, and the connection The line includes a power transmission line that connects the power storage device, the sonar device, and the gas compressor.

Further, it also includes a pusher, the pusher is fixed on the sealing body and connected with the control device.

Further, the power supply device further includes a communication device, which is connected to the sonar device via a data line.

Further, the power supply device includes a control device connected to the communication device, the sonar device, the gas compressor, and the motor.

Further, the control device includes a memory to store the information obtained by the sonar device.

Further, an infrared camera connected to the control device is provided on the sealed body.

Further, the pusher is provided with at least one, and the controlled rotation is connected to the sealing body.

Further, the airbag is fixed at the lower part of the spherical shape.

Further, the outer cover of the infrared camera device is provided with a transparent window.

Further, the controlled rotation connection is horizontal 0-180 degree rotation.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: the floating equipment is equipped with solar cells and wind power generation equipment to provide energy for sonar monitoring that can be raised and lowered in the water, so that the entire monitoring equipment can monitor the seabed conditions all-weather.

Description of the drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative work, other drawings can be obtained based on the structures shown in these drawings.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the all-weather sonar monitoring equipment of the present invention;

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1-electric power supply device, 11-hull, 12-solar battery, 13-wind generator, 14-battery, 15-motor, 16-shaft, 2-monitoring device, 21-sealed shell, 22-high-pressure gas chamber, 23-gas compressor, 24-air bag, 25-regulating valve, 26-sonar device, 27-infrared camera device, 28-propeller, 29-rotating shaft, 3-connection line.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that if there is a directional indication (such as up, down, left, right, front, back...) in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indication is only used to explain that it is in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings). If the specific posture changes, the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. of the components below will also change the directional indication accordingly.

In addition, the technical solutions between the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but it must be based on what can be achieved by a person of ordinary skill in the art. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or cannot be achieved, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist. , Is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, an all-weather sonar monitoring equipment includes an electric power supply device 1 and a monitoring device 2. The electric power supply device 1 includes floating equipment, power generation equipment, power storage equipment, and winding and unwinding equipment. The power generation equipment, The power storage equipment and the winding and unwinding equipment are both fixed on the floating equipment; the power generation equipment includes solar cells 12 and a wind generator 13, connected to the power storage equipment such as a battery 14, and the winding and unwinding equipment includes a motor 15 and a rotating shaft 16. The motor 15 is connected to the power storage device to drive the rotating shaft 16 to rotate; the monitoring device 2 includes a sealing body 21, an air bag 24, a sonar device 26, and a gas compressor 23. The sealing body 21 is provided with a high-pressure gas cavity 22, the two ends of the gas compressor 26 are respectively connected with the high-pressure gas cavity 22 and the airbag 24, the high-pressure gas cavity 22 and the airbag 24 are also provided with a belt adjustment The air guide tube of the valve 25, the high-pressure gas chamber 22, the gas compressor 23, the airbag 24 and the air guide tube constitute a gas circulation channel; the airbag 24 is fixed on the outer wall of the sealing body 21, the The sonar device 26 is fixed on the upper surface of the sealing body 21; the rotating shaft 16 is wound with a connecting wire 3, and the connecting wire 3 includes a transmission line that connects the power storage device and the sonar device 26, the The gas compressor 23.

The above-mentioned floating equipment includes a hull 11, especially a hull that is not easy to turn over, such as a tumbler structure as shown in Figure 1, with solar cells 12 on the top surface and a wind generator 13, which utilizes both natural sunlight and wind on the sponge. Power, obtain electrical energy, provide energy for the entire device. Electric energy generated by sunlight or wind is stored in the storage battery 14.

In the winding and unwinding equipment, the motor 15 is powered by the battery 14 to drive the rotating shaft 16 to rotate. The rotating shaft 16 drives the connecting wire 3 to wind or unwind on it, so that the electric power supply device 1 and the monitoring device 2 can be relatively separated or folded. To a certain distance between them, such as fixing one of the two, and the other moving within a certain range.

In addition, the power supply device 1 can be adapted to multiple monitoring devices 2 according to usage needs, that is, connected to multiple monitoring devices 2.

The retracting and unwinding equipment is specifically installed at the bottom of the floating equipment, the rotating shaft 16 is erected in it, and the connecting line 3 passes through the bottom of the floating equipment to connect with the monitoring device 2.

The power supply device 1 also includes a communication device, which is connected to the sonar device 26 via a data line. The information collected by the sonar device 26 is transmitted to the workstation.

The power supply device 1 includes a control device, which is connected to the communication device, the sonar device 26, the gas compressor 23, and the motor 15 to control the operation of these devices. The control device includes a memory to store the information obtained by the sonar device 26.

In the monitoring device 2, the rising or falling of the sealing body 21 is regulated, and the volume change of the airbag 24 is changed to change the buoyancy received by the sealing body 21. Specifically, when the monitoring device 2 needs to be sent to the seabed, the gas compressor 23 sucks out the gas of the airbag 24 cleanly, and the formed high-pressure gas is delivered to the high-pressure gas chamber 22 until the airbag 24 is reduced to the minimum volume, and the main body is sealed at this time. The buoyancy of 21 is less than its own weight and will sink to the bottom of the sea. Conversely, when the monitoring device 2 rises or rises to the sea, the regulating valve 25 is opened, and the high-pressure gas in the high-pressure gas chamber 22 is discharged into the airbag 24 through the air duct. The exhaust volume of the regulating valve 25 can be adjusted to control the volume of the airbag 24, So as to achieve the ascent speed and height control.

The above-mentioned components are specifically: the high-pressure gas cavity 22 is a metal sealed cavity with a fixed volume, with a pressure resistance of 30 MPa, such as bottle-shaped, can-shaped, and other pressure-resistant shapes, with a one-way inlet and outlet, the inlet is connected to the gas compressor 23, and the outlet Connect with the airway. The airbag 24 is a cavity made of elastic material, such as rubber, which can be deformed, and its volume is 15-25 times that of the high-pressure gas cavity 22. The regulating valve 25 can be set as an electric type, such as a solenoid valve, which can be switched on and off by a control device.

A sonar device 26 is provided on the upper part of the sealing body 21, and the subsea environment is monitored by the sonar device 26. The sonar device 26 specifically includes passive sonar and active sonar. The active sonar emits sound waves into the water, finds the target by receiving the echoes reflected by underwater objects, and measures its parameters; the target distance can be estimated by the time difference between the original sound wave and the arrival of the echo ; The target azimuth is obtained by measuring the difference between the two sub-arrays in the receiving sound array. Active sonar is composed of transmitter, sound array, receiver (including signal processing), and display console. The passive sonar detects the target by receiving the radiated noise of the target and determines its parameters; it is composed of three parts: receiving sound array, receiver (signal processing) and display console. The sonar device 26 is connected with the control device, and the operation of the sonar device 26 and the collected information are all controlled by the control device.

The sealing body 21 itself is a sphere with asymmetrical density distribution, which is light up and down heavy to ensure that the sonar device 26 above it can always be up to monitor the surrounding seabed environment. In the actual installation, the high-pressure gas chamber 22 is arranged in the upper part of the spherical body of the sealing body 21, and the other equipment is arranged in the lower part.

A thruster 28 is provided under the sonar robot. The thruster 28 is used to drive the sonar robot to move back and forth in the sea. In particular, the thruster 28 is connected to the lower part of the sonar robot via a shaft 29. The rotation angle of the thruster 28 around the shaft 29 is 0-180 This means that the thruster 28 can adjust the forward direction of the sonar robot at will.

The propeller 28 is of a rotating blade type or a water spray type. One side is connected to the rotating shaft 29 via a bearing seat, and the rotation of the propeller 28 on the rotating shaft 29 is driven by a motor. The above-mentioned propeller 28 and the motor are connected to the control device, and the control device controls the operation.

The propeller 28 is provided with at least one, and the optimal number is three, which are distributed under the sealing body 1.

The control device includes a controller for collecting the signals collected by the sonar device 26 and controlling the operation of the thruster 28; it also includes a rechargeable battery, memory and communication equipment, and the rechargeable battery, memory and communication equipment are all connected to the controller.

An infrared camera 27 is also provided on the sealed main body 21 to monitor the biological condition of the seabed by infrared means, and a transparent window is provided on the outer cover of the infrared camera.

The rechargeable battery provides power for all electrical equipment and can be fully charged in advance; the memory is convenient for storing the information collected by the sonar device 26 and the infrared camera device; the communication equipment can send the collected information to the service station.

The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment of the present invention utilizes the circulating flow of the gas channel to change the buoyancy received by the monitoring device 2 and can sink into the seabed or float on the water surface. In the bottom of the sea, combined with the above sonar device and infrared camera device to collect the life of the bottom. Due to the sonar method and infrared camera method, the impact on the seabed environment is small, and the information collected is accurate and reliable. At the same time, the electric energy supply provided by the electric energy supply device 1 is used, so that the monitoring equipment of the present invention can monitor all-weather.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can be made, and these improvements and modifications are also It should be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

An all-weather sonar monitoring equipment, which is characterized in that it includes an electric power supply device and a monitoring device. The electric power supply device includes a floating device, a power generation device, a power storage device, and a winding and unwinding device. The unwinding equipment is fixed on the floating equipment; the power generation equipment includes solar cells and wind power generation equipment, and is connected to the power storage equipment, the unwinding equipment includes a motor and a rotating shaft, and the motor is connected to the storage device. The electrical equipment is connected to drive the rotating shaft to rotate; the monitoring device includes a sealed body, an air bag, a sonar device, and a gas compressor. The sealed body is provided with a high-pressure gas cavity, and both ends of the gas compressor are connected to the high-pressure The gas cavity is in communication with the airbag, and an air duct with a regulating valve is also provided between the high-pressure gas cavity and the airbag. The high-pressure gas cavity, the gas compressor, the airbag and the air duct are formed A gas circulation channel; the airbag is fixed on the outer wall of the sealing body, the sonar device is fixed on the upper surface of the sealing body; a connecting wire is wound on the rotating shaft, the connecting wire includes a power line, the power line Connect the power storage device, the sonar device, and the gas compressor.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 1, further comprising a propeller, the propeller being fixed on the sealing body and connected with the control device.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the power supply device further comprises a communication device, which is connected to the sonar device via a data line.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 3, wherein the power supply device includes a control device connected to the communication device, the sonar device, the gas compressor, and the motor.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 4, wherein the control device includes a memory for storing information obtained by the sonar device.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 1, wherein the sealing body is provided with an infrared camera connected to the control device.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: the thruster is provided with at least one, and the controlled rotation is connected to the sealing body.
The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 3, wherein the airbag is fixed at the lower part of the spherical shape.
7. The all-weather sonar monitoring equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that: the outer cover of the infrared camera device is provided with a transparent window.
7. The all-weather sonar monitoring device according to claim 7, wherein the controlled rotation connection is horizontal 0-180 degree rotation.