POWER PLANT FOR PROTRACTED LOW-NOISE RUNNING AND OPERATION OF SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: submerged vehicle building; power plants for submersible vehicles. SUBSTANCE: proposed power plant includes chemical reactor with high-power- generating fuel and injector unit, heat accumulator with chemical reactor elements and high-power-generating fuel. Injector unit is provided with device for change of height of injection of oxidant. Heat transfer system is made in form of tubular spiral coil with porous external surface and is provided with working medium loop, gas heater, gas cooler, gas supercharger and cooling system. Converter for conversion of thermal power to mechanical work is made in form of turbine whose rotor is connected with rotor of generator and with shaft of working medium supercharger and starting electric drive. EFFECT: increased endurance of submersible vehicle; simplified construction of power plant. 2 dwg