Element apparatus comprising integrated coil power supply, and method thereof

Abstract

Disclosed are an element apparatus and a method thereof, the element apparatus comprising: a magnetic sensor for sensing a magnetic field; an element controller which partitions an internal area of a naval vessel so as to set zones, and which calculates currents to be applied, according to the sensed magnetic field, to a vertical-direction element coil, a transverse-axis element coil and a longitudinal-axis element coil arranged in the set zones; and a coil power supply for simultaneously supplying, on the basis of the calculated currents to be applied, current to each of the vertical-direction element coil, the transverse-axis element coil and the longitudinal-axis element coil, which are arranged in the set zones.

Description

Device equipment including an integrated coil power supply and the method thereof

[0001] The present invention relates to a device equipment and a method including an integrated coil power supply, and more specifically, to a device equipment and a method including an integrated coil power supply that sets a zone and applies current to a device coil placed in the zone.

[0002] Since ships are made of iron, the magnetic field exerts influence, forming a magnetic field that affects the ship's operation. As the magnetic field generated by a ship can serve as a signal source for mines, torpedoes, and other devices, demagnetizing equipment is required to eliminate the magnetic fields from the hull and internal magnetic materials.

[0003] Magnetic field equipment is equipment that reduces magnetic field signals emitted by ships underwater so that ships, which are a core asset of naval power, are not detected by enemy threat systems.

[0004] The destructive technique is a technique that cancels out the magnetic field by arranging multiple destructive coils inside the trap in the longitudinal, vertical, and transverse directions and applying current to form a compensating magnetic field in the opposite direction with the same magnitude as the trap's magnetic field signal.

[0005] Figures 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams showing the configuration of a conventional device equipment.

[0006] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the element controller (120) controls each coil power supply (131 to 15N) that supplies current to each vertical element coil (160), longitudinal element coil (170), and transverse element coil (180). Generally, about 25 coil power supplies are installed in modern submarines.

[0007] As such, conventionally, a coil power supply was installed on a 1:1 basis for each vertical element coil, longitudinal element coil, and transverse element coil in each zone, which required an excessive amount of equipment installation space in a limited area, and communication and communication cables were required for each coil power supply as control commands were executed through 1:1 communication between the element controller and the coil power supply.

[0008] Since submarines have a large number of functional pieces of equipment packed into a limited space, it is necessary to simplify and modify the configuration of the coil power supply.

[0009] The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a storage device and a method thereof that can supply current from a single coil power supply to vertical, longitudinal, and transverse element coils by installing an integrated coil power supply that simultaneously applies current to each vertical, longitudinal, and transverse element coil in each zone.

[0010] The technical solution of the present invention provides a device equipment and a device method comprising a magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field, a device controller for dividing an internal area of ​​a trap to set zones and calculating a current to be applied to a vertical device coil, a horizontal device coil, and a longitudinal device coil placed in the set zones according to the detected magnetic field, and a coil power supply for simultaneously supplying a current to each of the vertical device coil, the horizontal device coil, and the longitudinal device coil placed in the set zones based on the calculated current to be applied.

[0011] According to the present invention, by installing an integrated coil power supply capable of zone-based element control functions in a submarine, the number of element controller interlocking channels and interlocking cables is reduced, and the number of coil power supplies installed is decreased, thereby enabling space to be secured in the submarine.

[0012] Figures 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams showing the configuration of a conventional device equipment.

[0013] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a component equipment of a submarine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a block diagram of an integrated coil power supply according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart regarding a method for a submarine element according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] According to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, the element equipment including an integrated coil power supply comprises: a magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic field; an element controller that partitions an internal area of ​​the vessel to set zones and calculates a current to be applied to a vertical degaussing coil, an archwartship degaussing coil, and a longitudinal degaussing coil placed in the set zones according to the detected magnetic field; and a coil power supply that simultaneously supplies a current to each of the vertical degaussing coil, the archwartship degaussing coil, and the longitudinal degaussing coil placed in the set zones based on the calculated current to be applied.

[0017] The above coil power supply can be placed only one per set zone.

[0018] According to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above technical problem, a degaussing method including an integrated coil power supply comprises the steps of: dividing an internal area of ​​a vessel to set a zone; detecting a magnetic field by a magnetic sensor; calculating a current to be applied to a vertical degaussing coil, an archwartship degaussing coil, and a longitudinal degaussing coil disposed in the set zone according to the detected magnetic field; and simultaneously supplying a current to each of the vertical degaussing coil, the archwartship degaussing coil, and the longitudinal degaussing coil disposed in the set zone based on the calculated current to be applied.

[0019] Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

[0020] In describing the embodiments of this specification, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known configurations or functions could obscure the gist of this specification, such detailed description is omitted.

[0021] In the present invention, the description of a specific configuration as "including" does not exclude configurations other than said configuration, and means that additional configurations may be included within the scope of the practice of the present invention or the technical concept of the present invention.

[0022] Furthermore, the components shown in the embodiments of the present invention are depicted independently to represent different characteristic functions and do not imply that each component consists of separate hardware or a single software unit. That is, each component is listed and included as a separate component for convenience of explanation; however, at least two of the components may be combined to form a single component, or a single component may be divided into multiple components to perform a function, and such integrated and separated embodiments of each component are included within the scope of the present invention as long as they do not deviate from the essence of the invention.

[0023] Furthermore, some components may not be essential components performing an essential function in the present invention, but merely optional components for enhancing performance. The present invention may be implemented by including only the components essential for realizing the essence of the present invention, excluding components used solely for performance enhancement, and a structure including only the essential components, excluding optional components used solely for performance enhancement, is also included within the scope of the rights of the present invention.

[0024] In addition, components expressed as '~part (unit)', 'module', etc. in this specification may consist of two or more components combined into a single component, or a single component may be divided into two or more components according to more detailed functions. Furthermore, each component described below may additionally perform some or all of the functions performed by other components in addition to the primary function it is responsible for, and it goes without saying that some of the primary functions performed by each component may be exclusively performed by other components.

[0025] In addition, detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations that may obscure the essence of the invention will be omitted in this specification.

[0026] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a component equipment of a submarine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Referring to FIG. 3, the element equipment includes a magnetic sensor (210), an element controller (220), an integrated coil power supply (231 to 234), and element coils (240 to 260).

[0028] The magnetic sensor (210) measures the magnetic field and provides the measured magnetic field value to the element controller (220) via communication linkage. The magnetic sensor (210) can measure the Earth's magnetic field and the induced magnetic field of the submarine.

[0029] The element controller (220) calculates an element current for magnetic field cancellation based on the magnetic field value received from the magnetic sensor (210) according to the geomagnetic field / operation conditions, calculates a current to be applied to the element coil (240 to 260) to the coil power supply (231 to 234) at a predetermined communication period, and transmits the current to the coil power supply (231 to 234).

[0030] Here, the degaussing coils (240 to 260) are coils installed to allow current to flow through the coil to cancel out a magnetic field, and include a vertical degaussing coil (240), a longitudinal degaussing coil (250), and an athwartship degaussing coil (260). The vertical degaussing coil (240), the longitudinal degaussing coil (250), and the athwartship degaussing coil (260) are provided in multiple numbers, and the number of each is arranged differently depending on the situation of the submarine.

[0031] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the element controller (220) sets a zone by dividing the internal area of ​​the vessel in which the element coils (240 to 260) are arranged. The zone may be divided by physically defining the area, or it may be divided logically according to the location of the element coils (240 to 260).

[0032] According to one embodiment of the present invention, the zone may be divided into 8 sections.

[0033] The element controller (220) calculates the current to be applied to the vertical element coil (240), the longitudinal element coil (250), and the transverse element coil (260) per zone, respectively.

[0034] The integrated coil power supply (231 to 234) is a device capable of demagnetizing by receiving power from a power line and outputting current to the demagnetizing coil (240 to 260).

[0035] In one embodiment of the present invention, the integrated coil power supply (231 to 234) does not output current to a single vertical element coil (240), a single longitudinal element coil (250), or a single transverse element coil (260) as in the conventional FIG. 1 and 2, but can simultaneously output current to a vertical element coil (240), a longitudinal element coil (250), and a transverse element coil (260) placed in a set area. That is, only one integrated coil power supply (231 to 234) is placed per area.

[0036] The integrated coil power supply (231 to 234) can have communication with one element controller (220) and current control functions for each of the vertical, vertical, and horizontal directions so as to supply currents of different magnitudes in each of the vertical, vertical, and horizontal directions according to the control command of the element controller (220).

[0037] According to the present invention, the number of coil power supplies is reduced compared to conventional coil power supplies. In addition, the number of communication channels for the coil power supplies is also reduced by the number of integrated coil power supplies.

[0038] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a block diagram of an integrated coil power supply according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0039] Referring to FIG. 4, the integrated coil power supply (231) includes a first power supply unit (2311), a second power supply unit (2312), and a third power supply unit (2313). The first power supply unit (2311) can supply current to a vertical element coil (240), the second power supply unit (2312) can supply current to a longitudinal element coil (250), and the third power supply unit (2313) can supply current to a transverse element coil (260).

[0040] According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the zone is divided into 8 parts, 8 integrated coil power supplies (231 to 234) must be provided. In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, the zone is divided into 4 parts as an example, and 4 integrated coil power supplies (231 to 234) are provided.

[0041] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart regarding a method for a submarine element according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0042] Referring to FIG. 5, in step 510, the element equipment partitions the internal area of ​​the trap to establish a zone.

[0043] The element equipment establishes zones by partitioning the internal area of ​​the trap where the element coils are arranged. The zones may be partitioned by physically defining the area, or they may be partitioned logically according to the location of the element coils (240 to 260). According to one embodiment of the present invention, the zones may be partitioned into eight.

[0044] In step 520, the device detects the magnetic field generated in the trap.

[0045] The magnetic sensor of the element equipment measures the magnetic field and provides the measured magnetic field value to the element controller of the element equipment. The magnetic sensor can measure the Earth's magnetic field and the induced magnetic field of the submarine.

[0046] In step 530, the element equipment calculates the current to be applied to the vertical element coil, the longitudinal element coil, and the transverse element coil placed in the zone set according to the detected magnetic field.

[0047] Based on the magnetic field value received from the magnetic sensor, the element equipment calculates the element current for magnetic field cancellation according to the geomagnetic field / operation conditions, calculates the current to be applied to the element coil by the integrated coil power supply of the element equipment at a predetermined communication cycle, and transmits it to the integrated coil power supply.

[0048] Degaussing coils are coils installed to allow current to flow through them in order to cancel out a magnetic field, and include vertical degaussing coils, longitudinal degaussing coils, and transverse degaussing coils. Multiple vertical degaussing coils, longitudinal degaussing coils, and transverse degaussing coils are provided, and the number of each is arranged differently depending on the situation of the submarine.

[0049] The element equipment calculates the current to be applied to the vertical element coil, the longitudinal element coil, and the transverse element coil per zone, respectively.

[0050] Here, the integrated coil power supply is a device capable of demagnetizing by receiving power from the power line and outputting current to the demagnetizing coil.

[0051] In step 540, based on the calculated applied current, the integrated coil power supply simultaneously supplies current to each of the vertical element coil, the horizontal element coil, and the longitudinal element coil placed in the set area.

[0052] In one embodiment of the present invention, the integrated coil power supply does not output current to a single vertical element coil, a single longitudinal element coil, or a single transverse element coil as in the prior art, but simultaneously outputs current to a vertical element coil, a longitudinal element coil, and a transverse element coil placed in a set zone. That is, only one integrated coil power supply is placed per zone.

[0053] The integrated coil power supply can have one element controller communication and current control functions for each of the vertical, vertical, and horizontal directions so as to supply currents of different magnitudes in each of the vertical, vertical, and horizontal directions according to the control commands of the element controller.

[0054] According to the present invention, the number of coil power supplies is reduced compared to conventional coil power supplies. In addition, the number of communication channels for the coil power supplies is also reduced by the number of integrated coil power supplies.

Claims

1. A magnetic sensor that detects a magnetic field; A degaussing controller that divides the internal area of ​​the above-mentioned trap to establish zones, and calculates the current to be applied to a vertical degaussing coil, an archwartship degaussing coil, and a longitudinal degaussing coil disposed in the established zones according to the detected magnetic field; and A component equipment comprising an integrated coil power supply, characterized by including a coil power supply that simultaneously supplies current to each of the vertical element coil, the horizontal element coil, and the longitudinal element coil placed in the set zone, based on the applied current calculated above.

2. In Paragraph 1, A component equipment comprising an integrated coil power supply, characterized in that the coil power supply is placed only once in each of the set zones.

3. A step of establishing zones by partitioning the internal area of ​​the trap; A step of detecting a magnetic field by a magnetic sensor; A step of calculating the current to be applied to the vertical degaussing coil, the archwartship degaussing coil, and the longitudinal degaussing coil placed in the set area according to the detected magnetic field; and A method for a device comprising an integrated coil power supply, characterized by including the step of simultaneously supplying current to each of the vertical element coil, the horizontal element coil, and the longitudinal element coil placed in the set area, based on the applied current calculated above.

4. In Paragraph 1, A device method comprising an integrated coil power supply, characterized in that a device for simultaneously supplying current to the above-mentioned device coils is arranged only once in each of the above-mentioned set zones.

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