Engineering:Exploration AUVs
Exploration (Tan-Suo, 探索) unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)s is a series of very little known autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) by Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Exploration 100 AUV
Exploration 100 AUV is developed by Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA) from earlier Explorer AUV, based on the experienced gained, and Exploration 100 AUV adopts modular design so various equipment can be carried for different missions.[1][2] Exploration AUV is a light-weight AUV designed to be easily transportable,[3][4] and can operate to a depth of 100 meter.[1] Exploration AUV is equipped with navigational system and side-scan sonar, and is powered by lithium battery.[1] Specification:[1][3][4][2]
- Maximum operating depth: 100 meter
- Weight: 47 kg
- Speed: 5 kt
- Range: 70 km (@ 3 kt) to 120 km
Dolphin 2 AUV
Dolphin (Hai-Tun, 海豚) 2 AUV is a development of Exploration 100, but the developer is Zhejiang University instead of SIA.[5][6][7] Dolphin 2 AUV is primarily designed as an experimental vehicle to test our Chinese developed underwater coupling station for AUVs, and test have been successfully concluded at a depth of more than a hundred meter.[6][7] The coupling station would provide charging to the docking AUV, and at the same time, also download data gathered by AUV while it is being charged, and during the docking test, maximum power has reached 681 kW, and data was downloaded at a rate of 3.1MB/second.[6][7] Specification:[6][7]
- Propulsion: electrically powered
- Maximum operating depth: 100 meter
Exploration 1000 AUV
Exploration 1000 AUV is a development of earlier Exploration 100, and it is designed to perform scientific research tasks at a depth of 800 meters.[8][9][10][11] Like its predecessor Exploration 100 AUV, although also developed by SIA, the serial production is handled by private enterprise Pioneer Hi-Tech Development Co. Ltd. (北京先驱高技术开发公司) in Beijing for better efficiency. Specification:[8][9][10][11]
- Maxmium operating depth: 800 meter
- Weight: 1.2 ton
- Cruise speed: 2 kt
- Endurance: 30 days
- Range: 1000 km
Exploration 4500 AUV
Exploration 4500 is the further development of earlier Exploration 1000, and contrary to previous members of the Exploration series which all adopted a torpedo shaped hull, Exploration 4500 adopts a hull shape that is similar to the shape of a fish.[12][13][14][15][16] Specification:[12][13][14][15][16]
- Maximum operation depth: 4500 meter
- Length: 3.5 meter
- Beam: 1.5 meter
- Height: 1.5 meter
- Weight: 1.5 ton
- Cruise speed: 2 kt
- Endurance: 20 hours
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Exploration 100" (in Zh-hans). http://kj.licang.net/index.php/content/3327.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Exploration 100 UUV" (in Zh-hans). http://www.deepseapioneer.com/cn/zyyw/zbzz/jqr/auv/2019/022836.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Exploration 100 AUV" (in Zh-hans). October 13, 2020. https://m.thepaper.cn/baijiahao_9549872.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Exploration 100 autonomous underwater vehicle" (in Zh-hans). November 3, 2020. http://rlab.sia.cas.cn/xwxx/kydt/202011/t20201103_587809.html.
- ↑ "Dolphin 2 autonomous underwater vehicle" (in Zh-hans). December 1, 2018. https://www.pressreader.com/china/chinese-journal-of-ship-research/20181201/284374085436785.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Dolphin 2 AUV" (in Zh-hans). May 18, 2017. https://js.zjol.com.cn/ycxw_zxtf/201705/t20170518_4004686_ext.shtml.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Dolphine 2" (in Zh-hans). https://jmqmil.sina.cn/ifeng/doc-ifykpzey3780776.d.html.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Exploration 1000 autonomous underwater vehicle" (in Zh-hans). http://www.deepseapioneer.com/cn/zyyw/zbzz/jqr/auv/2019/022837.html.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Exploration 1000 AUV" (in Zh-hans). May 3, 2020. https://tech.sina.com.cn/roll/2020-05-03/doc-iircuyvi1170334.shtml.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Exploration 1000 UUV" (in Zh-hans). May 14, 2020. https://www.youuvs.com/news/detail/202005/7863.html.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Exploration 1000" (in Zh-hans). May 3, 2020. https://news.mydrivers.com/1/687/687000.htm.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Exploration 4500 autonomous underwater vehicle" (in Zh-hans). http://www.deepseapioneer.com/cn/zyyw/zbzz/jqr/auv/2019/022838.html.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Exploration 4500 AUV" (in Zh-hans). September 20, 2017. https://m.elecfans.com/article/551318.html.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Exploration 4500" (in Zh-hans). February 8, 2022. https://www.sbirinfo.com/35/240176.html.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Exploration 4500 UUV" (in Zh-hans). October 25, 2021. http://finance.people.com.cn/n1/2021/1025/c1004-32262694.html.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Exploration 4500" (in Zh-hans). October 25, 2021. http://www.news.cn/politics/2021-10/25/c_1127991139.htm.