Empirical Study on the Development of ESSBased Electric Propulsion System for a Catamaran USV

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have been developed and used in research to perform various tasks such as marine surveys the collection of bathymetric data certain areas that are difficult for humans access, deep seas. Because AUVs limited terms their execution require an extensive amount energy, unmanned surface (USVs) launch recovery systems (LARS) jointly transport task sites well recovery. To comply with international environmental regulations, there ongoing attempts reduce generation pollutants USVs. This study focuses on developing energy storage system (ESS) based power electric propulsion reducing generated by A USV scenario is set, required calculated; a satisfies also configured. Furthermore, management (EMS) designed produced monitoring controlling configured system. The performance verified through land experiment designing producing components ESS-based installed catamaran USV, field test was performed West Sea Korea. load propelling having length overall (LOA) 11 m analyzed test, effects steering function vessel main thruster examined.