POWER PLANT OF UNDERWATER APPARATUS WITH ELECTRO-CHEMICAL GENERATOR Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC H01M8/06 B63G8/08 

FIELD: power engineering, in particular, engineering of power plants, having electro-chemical generator with oxygen-hydrogen fuel elements, possible use in composition of power plants for underwater apparatuses.

SUBSTANCE: power plant of an underwater apparatus has chemical reactor, connected to hydrogen accumulator through gas purification block, electro-chemical generator, pneumatically connected to block for storing cryogenic oxygen, and to hydrogen accumulator, while being hydraulically connected to reservoir for distillated water, tank for milled aluminum, connected through dosage device for powder-like substances to chemical reactor; reservoir for accumulation of fluid reaction products, connected to chemical reactor; reservoir with alkali solution, while hydrogen accumulator is made in form of pressurized gas tank, and power plant additionally includes liquid mixer with heating device and liquid level indicator, connected to chemical reactor, while liquid mixer is connected to reservoir with alkali solution and to reservoir for distillated water, and also a heat-exchange heating device is mounted in aforementioned reservoir for accumulating liquid reaction products. Hydrogen accumulator can be mounted together with electro-chemical generator in pressurized space, equipped with fire and explosion prevention system.

EFFECT: higher speed of operation concerning supplying hydrogen to electro-chemical generator, controllable launch time of chemical reactor; thus, increased controllability of hydrogen generation process onboard the underwater apparatus; increased level of fire and explosion safety during operation of power plant.

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