PRESSURE HULL PENETRATOR FOR SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLES THAT UTILIZE FUEL CELLS

Examples described herein provide for in-place refueling of reactant sources for submersible vehicles that utilize fuel cells. In one example, the vehicle includes a pressure hull that maintains a pressure boundary between an interior surface and an exterior surface, and includes a fuel cell. The ve...

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Main Authors VILORIA, WAYNE A, MERMELSTEIN, JOSHUA M
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 27.07.2016
Subjects
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
ELECTRICITY
EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
MINE-LAYING
MINE-SWEEPING
OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
RELATED EQUIPMENT
SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS
SUBMARINES
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Examples described herein provide for in-place refueling of reactant sources for submersible vehicles that utilize fuel cells. In one example, the vehicle includes a pressure hull that maintains a pressure boundary between an interior surface and an exterior surface, and includes a fuel cell. The vehicle includes a reactant source tank for the fuel cell that includes a fill port for transferring a reactant source to the reactant source tank. The vehicle includes a pressure hull penetrator that traverses from the exterior surface to the interior surface utilizing a passage through the pressure hull. The pressure hull penetrator maintains the pressure boundary between the exterior surface and the interior surface. The vehicle includes a fill tube coupled to the fill port of the reactant source tank that traverses through the pressure hull penetrator to the exterior surface, and an electrically non-conductive sleeve surrounding the fill tube.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20150190540