5796results about "Propulsive elements" patented technology

The invention discloses a starting control system and method for a main and auxiliary power hybrid ship, and relates to the field of ship power control, and the system comprises a multi-source data collection module which is used for obtaining a multi-source state data set of a ship power system; the fusion processing module is used for performing feature alignment processing on the multi-source state data set based on a multi-modal sensing data fusion algorithm to generate a hybrid power starting parameter set; the dynamic weight distribution module is used for constructing a dynamic weight distribution matrix according to the hybrid power starting parameter set; the cooperative control module is used for generating a main and auxiliary engine combined starting instruction set based on an improved cooperative control algorithm; and the execution and monitoring module is used for executing the main and auxiliary engine combined starting instruction set in a preset time window and monitoring the transient response characteristic of the propulsion system. According to the starting control system and method for the main and auxiliary power hybrid ship, the starting stability and the energy utilization efficiency of the hybrid ship are improved.

The invention provides a data processing system for cooperative operation of an intelligent combined fleet, and relates to the technical field of data processing, and the system comprises an acquisition module which is used for acquiring basic state data of a ship; the prediction module is used for generating state trend data in combination with the historical motion trail and the near-time data sequence, and the state trend data comprises a speed change rate and a course angle change trend in a future short time period; the sensing fusion module is used for receiving the state trend data of other collaborative ships, aligning the state trend data with the state trend data of the ship, and performing synchronous calculation to generate fleet collaborative prediction data; the adjusting module is used for recognizing an included angle error between the current ship thrust applying direction and the future resultant force direction of the target structure and calculating the attitude adjusting amount; the control output module is used for mapping into a thrust adjusting instruction and sending an execution instruction to a power system of the ship; according to the invention, autonomy and accuracy of fleet collaborative operation are improved.

The invention provides a fluid-structure interaction vibration simulation and suppression method for a water-jet propeller, and belongs to the field of numerical simulation of computational fluid mechanics. The method comprises the following steps: establishing a finite element model of a water-jet propeller impeller-shafting coupling system; performing dry mode and wet mode comparative analysis on the finite element model by utilizing a finite element method, and verifying the effectiveness of the model; dividing finite element grids of a structural domain and a flow field domain; establishing a fluid-solid coupling model; on the basis of bidirectional fluid-solid coupling numerical calculation, the flow field speed and acting force are solved through CFD, the structure movement speed and displacement are updated, a flow field grid is further updated, flow numerical calculation continues to be conducted, and iteration is conducted till the simulation time ends; flow-induced vibration characteristics are analyzed through post-processing, and the vibration amplitude is restrained by adjusting the mass center position of the impeller airfoil. According to the method, the bidirectional fluid-solid coupling model of the impeller-shafting system of the water-jet propeller is constructed, structural deformation and transient flow field information are directly associated, and the hydrodynamic performance is improved.

A system for maintaining a marine vessel in place in a body of water includes a controller in signal communication with a power-deployable anchor and a propulsion-based electronic anchoring system and a user input device in signal communication with the controller. The controller deploys the power-deployable anchor in response to a single user-selected option input via the user input device under a first set of conditions. The controller activates the propulsion-based electronic anchoring system in response to the single user-selected option input via the user input device under a different second set of conditions.

The invention relates to a ship hybrid power energy management method and device, ship equipment and a medium, and belongs to the technical field of energy management.The ship hybrid power energy management method comprises the steps that operation data of a hybrid power ship are obtained, and a hybrid power ship model is constructed based on the operation data of the hybrid power ship; the operation cost and the pollutant discharge cost of the hybrid power ship are calculated based on the hybrid power ship model, and the comprehensive cost is determined based on the operation cost and the pollutant discharge cost; according to the method, the minimum comprehensive cost is taken as an objective function, constraint conditions are set, and parameters of the hybrid power ship model are optimized by adopting a particle swarm optimization algorithm, so that energy management of the hybrid power ship is realized, and optimal energy utilization is realized.

The invention discloses an extended-range hydrogen fuel power ship propulsion system, which relates to the technical field of ship propulsion and comprises an acquisition module, a quantum annealing optimization module and a quantum chip, the acquisition module is used for eliminating noise interference of acquired hydrogen energy ship power parameters through a Kalman filtering algorithm and generating a standardized data packet, and the quantum chip is used for receiving the standardized data packet and outputting the standardized data packet. The method comprises the following steps: mapping hydrogen energy ship power parameters into an Isin model, generating a control instruction according to a hydrogen fuel consumption rate, an equipment life attenuation coefficient and a navigation task priority weight, inputting the control instruction into a simulation model of a proton exchange membrane by a proton membrane regulation and control module, and dynamically regulating a hydrogen production rate and fuel cell power, according to the system, the efficient hydrogen energy closed-loop monitoring unit and the three-level safety protocol are adopted, the response speed and precision are improved, the stability and safety are remarkably enhanced, it is ensured that a ship can reliably operate under the complex working condition, and potential safety risks are reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of ship control, and particularly provides an energy optimization method and device for a pure electric tug, a storage medium and a control system. According to the method, the operation navigation data, collected in real time, of the pure electric tug can be input into the pre-constructed operation classification model, and the real-time operation state is obtained. If the real-time operation state of the pure electric tug is a heavy load dragging state, determining the current propulsion power demand and the total power demand of a propulsion system in the pure electric tug, and inputting the operation navigation data, the current propulsion power demand and the total power demand into a pre-constructed power distribution model, and performing power distribution according to a power distribution coefficient output by the model. Therefore, the power distribution response can be quickly and accurately made based on the intelligent power distribution model, and the intelligent ship is realized. Moreover, electric energy supply of the propulsion system can be guaranteed preferentially, so that sufficient power supply of the propulsion system can be guaranteed, and the operation efficiency of the pure electric tug can be improved.

Swivel mounts, mounting assemblies for boating accessories, and boats having such are disclosed. The swivel mounts include a support member, a mounting member, and a swivel element for enabling the mounting member to swivel relative to the support member. In some cases, a trolling motor mount bracket and / or a trolling motor may be coupled to the swivel mount. In further embodiments, the swivel mount may be coupled to a surface of a boat, such as but not limited to a boat gunnel. In particular, a swivel mount may be configured and disposed above an upward facing surface of the gunnel such that a mounting member of the swivel mount is able to swivel about an axis that is perpendicular to and passes through the upward facing surface of the gunnel. Mounting members having a hole pattern to accommodate different types of trolling motors is also provided.

In one aspect, a wireless remote controller for a personal watercraft is provided that includes a watertight body and a rotatable thumbwheel disposed on an upper surface of the watertight body. The remote controller includes at least one magnet affixed to the thumbwheel such that the at least one magnet rotates with the thumbwheel. The remote controller includes a magnetic sensor configured to produce magnetic field data in at least two axes. The remote controller includes a processor operably coupled to the magnetic sensor and communication circuitry configured to communicate control signals to an associated personal watercraft. The processor is configured to determine an angular position of the thumbwheel based at least in part on the magnetic field data in each of the at least two axes and to generate a control signal based at least in part on the determined position of the thumbwheel.

The invention belongs to the technical field of deep-sea mining environment assessment, and particularly relates to an autonomous multi-mode mining plume and redeposition thickness monitoring system and method, and the system comprises an autonomous underwater unmanned submersible and detection load equipment connected with the autonomous underwater unmanned submersible. The autonomous underwater unmanned submersible is used for carrying detection load equipment, providing electric energy for the detection load equipment, sending a control instruction to the detection load equipment, preprocessing received data returned by the detection load equipment, and sending an equipment state to the mother ship in real time, so that the mother ship can monitor the autonomous underwater unmanned submersible in real time; the detection load equipment is used for synchronously carrying out deep sea near-bottom mining plume and redeposition thickness monitoring in three detection modes of acoustics, optics and hydrology, carrying out multi-category data comparison and fusion in the same time coordinate system, and sending the collected data to the autonomous underwater unmanned submersible; and data support is provided for later deep-sea mining plume and redeposition simulation modeling.

The invention discloses a maneuvering fish searching platform system and a maneuvering fishing method.The maneuvering fish searching platform system is characterized in that one or more of a marching power assembly, a fish luring device and a fish searching device are detachably integrated on a buoyancy body assembly, the buoyancy body assembly can correspondingly march on water, and meanwhile when the fish searching device detects that a fish school appears within a preset distance, the buoyancy body assembly is driven to move back and forth; the fish luring device starts a fish luring working condition, so that a fish school is close to the fish luring device and correspondingly gathers, and the functions of flexibly and visually searching and luring the fish are realized, so that the device has the characteristics of flexibly and efficiently searching and luring the fish by adding the maneuvering function, conditions are provided for follow-up net fishing or rod fishing, and the fish luring efficiency is improved. And through the method, multiple persons can participate in fish searching and fish luring activities, so that the characteristic of enjoying fishing fun is achieved, the interestingness of the activity process is increased, and the method has a better application prospect and a higher popularization value.

Disclosed herein is a gas purging system for ships having an engine fueled by fuel gas. The gas purging system includes: a fuel supply line along which fuel gas is supplied to the engine; a gas valve unit disposed on the fuel supply line to control a pressure of the fuel gas; and a purge line along which nitrogen gas is supplied to the engine to purge an interior of the engine and an interior of the fuel supply line, wherein the nitrogen gas is directly supplied to the engine along the purge line, purges the interior of the engine and the fuel supply line, and is discharged to outside atmosphere through the gas valve unit.

The invention relates to the technical field of ship power, in particular to a dual-fuel ship fuel switching method and device and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps that first engine performance data and engine state data corresponding to the first engine performance data are acquired; preprocessing the first engine performance data and the engine state data; the preprocessed first engine performance data are input into a target prediction control model for switching strategy prediction, and a fuel switching strategy corresponding to the engine is obtained; inputting the engine state data into the target fault prediction model for fault prediction to obtain a switching decision; a fuel switching strategy is sent to the control module according to the switching decision, so that the control module processes the fuel switching process according to the fuel switching strategy; and second engine performance data are received, and the fuel switching strategy is adjusted according to the second engine performance data. And seamless switching or cooperative use between liquefied natural gas and diesel oil of a ship can be met.

The invention particularly relates to an underwater vehicle multi-energy hybrid energy storage system and a coordinated energy management strategy. The system comprises a lithium ion battery, a super capacitor and a fuel cell applying a proton exchange membrane which are respectively connected to a direct current bus. The method for coordinating the energy management strategy comprises the following steps: acquiring a current motion parameter and a current energy parameter of an underwater vehicle; inputting the current motion parameter, the current energy parameter and the expected navigational speed into a load prediction model based on a BP neural network, and estimating the expected total power at the next moment; and determining a corresponding action strategy according to the current operation mode of the underwater vehicle, and performing power distribution on the expected total power based on the action strategy. According to the scheme, the hybrid energy system can perform smooth working mode switching and optimal power distribution under different working conditions.

The invention provides a ship shaft power generation and lithium battery coordinated multi-working-condition energy optimization management system, which is applied to the technical field of ship power systems and energy management and comprises a data acquisition module, an energy optimization processing module and a power regulation and control module, wherein the energy optimization processing module is provided with a prediction unit, a working condition identification unit, a loss evaluation unit and a decision-making unit, the prediction unit is used for predicting a ship load demand in a preset period, the working condition identification unit is used for identifying a ship operation working condition, and the loss evaluation unit is used for determining a life loss factor by combining a prediction result and an energy storage unit state; the decision-making unit generates a regulation and control instruction based on the life loss factor and the state of the power generation unit to realize power distribution of the power generation unit and the energy storage unit; according to the system, multi-working-condition energy consumption requirements of the ship are met, meanwhile, comprehensive optimization of fuel consumption cost and energy storage unit service life loss cost is achieved, the energy utilization rate is increased, the service life of the energy storage unit is prolonged, and the full-life-cycle operation cost of the ship is reduced.

The invention discloses a hydrogen fuel cell ship power switching system, which relates to the technical field of hydrogen fuel cell ship hybrid power, and comprises a topological optimization module for optimizing a series-parallel topological structure of a fuel cell stack through a quantum annealing algorithm based on a multi-modal data set, the reconfigurable bipolar plate magnetic control switch is triggered to execute millisecond topology switching, and a topology state coding signal is synchronously generated; and the compensation module is used for inputting the topological state coding signal into the LSTM model, predicting a fault risk value, correcting the time step length of a leakage diffusion equation according to the real-time switching frequency of a magnetic control switch, and calculating a ship inclination angle correction term according to the corrected time step length. According to the invention, through an accurate fault prediction and compensation mechanism, operation interruption and maintenance cost caused by unpredictable faults are greatly reduced.

The present invention relates to a new energy ship battery power control method and a system. Each battery pack correspondingly supplies power to one bus, one bidirectional DC-DC converter is arranged between two adjacent buses to form a bus loop, and a load correspondingly draws electrical power from a corresponding bus loop segment; a power supply state of each bus area is checked, and by controlling the bidirectional DC-DC converter between buses, surplus energy of one bus is distributed to another bus having insufficient energy. According to the solution, a low DC-DC capacity configuration is achieved, energy between battery packs can be flexibly scheduled, the remaining electrical power between battery packs can be effectively balanced, the system risk is low and controllable when a bus is short-circuited, the power performance of a ship is not reduced when a single point of failure occurs, and the reliability and safety of the ship are effectively improved.

A water surface cleaning apparatus, which includes: a housing including a front end located close to a traveling direction of the apparatus and a rear end far away from the traveling direction of the apparatus; a filtering unit detachably arranged in the housing and including a water inlet and a water outlet, for filtering water entering the filtering unit via the water inlet and discharging filtered water out of the filtering unit via the water outlet; a driving unit for driving the apparatus to travel on the water surface; waterflow channels are symmetrically arranged on both sides of a longitudinal axis between the front end and the rear end, and the driving unit can drive the apparatus to travel on the water surface by driving the waterflow passing through the waterflow channels; a direction of the waterflow path provided by the waterflow channel is inclined to the longitudinal axis.

A marine vessel includes a vessel steering system including a boat controller configured or programmed to include an automatic vessel steering mode and a manual vessel steering mode as vessel steering modes. When a password to release a locked state is input to a multifunction display in a locked state where the vessel steering mode is fixed in the automatic vessel steering mode, the boat controller is configured or programmed to shift the automatic vessel steering mode to the manual vessel steering mode.

An operator interface device for a marine vessel includes a frame configured to couple to the marine vessel and a dial coupled to the frame and including a dial. The dial assembly is configured to be rotated by an operator about a dial axis into and between an initial position, a first operational position, and a second operational position. The dial assembly is rotated from the initial position toward the first operational position and when the dial assembly is released the first spring leg acts on the first dial endwall to return the dial assembly to the initial position. In addition, the dial assembly is rotated from the initial position toward the second operational position and when the dial assembly is released the second spring leg acts on the second dial endwall to return the dial assembly to the initial position.

The invention discloses a new-configuration cross-medium aircraft based on blade tip jet rotors and a working method thereof, the aircraft has an air flight mode, an underwater navigation mode and a cross-medium mode, and comprises a fuselage; the main rotor system comprises an electric centrifugal compressor which is arranged on the fuselage in a jacking manner and a blade tip air injection main rotor blade which is connected with an air path of the electric centrifugal compressor; the auxiliary lift system comprises lift units arranged on the fuselage in a distributed mode, and the lift units can be independently controlled; in the air flight mode, the propeller tip jets air, the main rotor rotates, and the auxiliary lift system works to realize air flight; and in the underwater navigation mode, the blade tip jets air, the main rotor stops rotating, the blades on the single side are overturned around the fixed axis till the blade nozzles face the advancing rear portion, and the underwater water jet propulsion device is formed. The novel-configuration cross-medium aircraft disclosed by the invention adopts a distributed lift force layout, has relatively large take-off weight and good maneuverability, can realize continuous medium crossing, and is small in water entering and exiting impact.

The invention discloses a multi-mode coordinated ship main and auxiliary power automatic switching system, which relates to the technical field of ship power systems and comprises a monitoring system, a diagnosis decision system, an execution system, a switching verification system, a maintenance management system and a data communication system. According to the invention, the airborne weather radar, the ship weather instrument and the weather fax receiver are used for monitoring the current weather condition of navigation and predicting the weather condition of a future navigation route, so that a prediction basis is provided for a power system operation mode selected by future ship navigation; meanwhile, the ship weather instrument monitors surrounding wind speed, wind direction, air temperature and humidity data in real time when the ship sails, the current data is stored in the data storage, a database is formed, and a follow-up maintenance management system can predict potential risks according to historical data conveniently.

The invention discloses a hydrofoil ship and a hydrofoil ship control method.The hydrofoil ship comprises a ship body, a hydrofoil mechanism and a propelling mechanism, the propelling mechanism is used for providing power for the ship body, the hydrofoil mechanism further comprises a supporting column, a telescopic driving part arranged above the supporting column, a main wing and a flap, and the main wing and the flap are arranged below the supporting column; the main wing is fixedly connected with the supporting column and symmetrically extends out of the two sides of the supporting column, the telescopic driving part is in transmission connection with the flap, one side of the flap is hinged to the main wing, and the telescopic driving part can drive the flap to swing around the main wing so as to change the posture and / or position of the ship body. The hydrofoil ship control method is used for controlling the hydrofoil ship. By means of the method, the ship posture can be rapidly adjusted, and the ship body can be rapidly balanced.

An electrically actuated propeller pitch control system includes a propeller hub assembly, a propeller assembly, and a crosshead drive system. The propeller hub assembly rotates about the central axis during operation of watercraft. The propeller assembly is configured to selectively rotate a propeller blade. The crosshead drive system includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a lead screw that rotates about the central axis.

An electric boat platform (hull base) is disclosed as a product which consists of a metal structure having all the boat functional systems like an electric motor, battery packs, a control system, and other electrical propulsion systems. Boat manufacturers can use this platform as a base in their boats while using their design for the boat. By that, they can save time and cost in developing their electric boat. Also, a proposed method for hull manufacturing has two main parts. The upper part varies by design and the lower part or the standard part that is used as a base for many designs. The standard hull (lower part) consists of a structure, a power system like battery packs, inverters, a motor, and motor control. The lower part is manufactured first and used as a platform having all the electronic parts, motor, batteries, and the like.

A convertible ducted fan engine and mounting system. The convertible ducted fan engine has a shroud encircling a mechanical fan. The convertible ducted fan engine includes a fluid-propulsion configuration in which the mechanical fan rotates freely with respect to the shroud to produce thrust through fluid flow, and a drive-wheel configuration in which the shroud rotates about the rotational axis.

A method of operating an electric vehicle includes receiving, via an operator-actuated accelerator of the electric vehicle, a propulsion command for propelling the electric vehicle. When an actuation rate of the accelerator associated with the propulsion command is a first value, the electric vehicle is accelerated at a first acceleration. When the actuation rate of the accelerator associated with the propulsion command is a second value higher than the first value, the electric vehicle is accelerated at a second acceleration higher than the first acceleration.

A marine AC generator system includes a marine generator driven by an internal combustion engine and configured to generate an AC current and a rectifier configured to rectify the AC current to provide a DC current. At least one battery is configured to receive and be charged by the DC current. A battery powered inverter is configured to be powered by the at least one battery and to generate a variable current output frequency such that an AC electrical power is provided to a load when the marine generator is not running.