As part of a program to develop reverse osmosis (RO) desalination systems for shipboard freshwater production, the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center worked with the Naval Sea systems Command to i...
As part of a program to develop reverse osmosis (RO) desalination systems for shipboard freshwater production, the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center worked with the Naval Sea systems Command to install a 12,000 gal/day, two-stage RO plant aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992) in 1981. The first stage provides potable water (less than 500 parts/million total dissolved solids) for crew needs; the second stage provides high purity water (less than 2 parts/million of total dissolved solids) for boiler makeup. The plant has been producing acceptable water quality and quantity despite some materials related problems. The system design has proven to be well suited for minimizing manning and maintenance requirements. A 12,000 gal/day “ship quality” RO system is now under contract to meet Navy needs for a reliable, minimum weight and volume, low energy desalination plant for future surface ships. The preproduction plant will be required to meet stringent reliability requirements as well as shock, vibration, and noise specifications as part of the process for obtaining approval for full production. This paper describes the technology developments necessary to achieve the present naval performance levels and discusses plans for future applications.
作者：
LUEDEKE, GFARNHAM, RBJR.George Luedeke
Jr.: received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MS degree in Product Design from Illinois Institute of Technology. Early in his career Mr. Luedeke joined General Motors Corporation as a designer responsible for development of people mover and rail rapid transit systems. From 1964 to 1974 he was with Hughes Aircraft Company. At Hughes he performed analyses and developed designs for a wide variety of program and proposal efforts such as: High Speed Ground Transportation (DOT) Task Force Command Center (NAVY) Panama Canal Marine Traffic Control Center (Panama Canal Co.) Royal Iranian Navy Command Center (Iran) Tactical Information Processing and Interpretation Center (Air Force) and WALLEYE CONDOR and PHOENIX Missile Systems (NAVY). He also had marketing development responsibilities related to the diversification of Hughes resources in civil business areas such as: Automatic train control (WMATA BARTD SCRTD) water/sewage treatment plant automation (Santa Clara County) Aqueduct Control (SWR) Hydrometeorological data collection (BPA WMO) and Salton Sea basin systems analysis (Dept. of the Interior). He was responsible for combat system integration for the Hughes 2000T Surface Effect Ship (SES) proposal. He also conducted detailed studies concerning ship flexure for the Improved Point Defense Target Acquisition System Program and for the definition of operational High Energy Laser weapon installations on a series of conventional monohulls (DLG DD and CVN). Since 1974 Mr. Luedeke has been employed at RMI Inc. (formerly Rohr Marine Inc.). During this time he has held several positions. His responsibilities have included directing a number of studies on advanced SES concepts managing activities defining mission/cost effectiveness of military and commercial SES's including defining the operational benefits and enhanced survivability characteristics of cargo SES's for high speed military sealiftfor NA TO and Southeast Asia
This paper will present the results of a marketing, engineering, and economic analysis of advanced marine vehicles done by IMA Resources, Inc. and RMI, Inc., in support of a Maritime Administration project to study “...
This paper will present the results of a marketing, engineering, and economic analysis of advanced marine vehicles done by IMA Resources, Inc. and RMI, Inc., in support of a Maritime Administration project to study “Multimode Express Shipping”. The study was conducted in 1981 and examined the economic benefits of using advanced marine vehicles as express cargo vessels in domestic and international service. Commodity characteristics, desirable express carrier rates, and potential high payoff service and route alternatives were identified. Advanced marine vehicles were surveyed and sized to meet desirable deadweight and block speed objectives. The costs of operating these craft on a variety of trade routes were calculated using an advanced marine vehicle economic analysis program. Revenues, expenses, break-even, profit and loss, cash flow requirements, tax summary and economic indicators (i.e., cost/ton – mile, etc.) were projected over the expected life of the vehicles as was return on investment. Traffic density and market penetration considerations narrowed the field of choice to smaller sized advanced marine vehicle carriers (i.e., 50 and 250 ton deadweight) and to three international and five domestic routes.
The interest in climbing and walking robots (CLAWAR) has intensified in recent years, and novel solutions for complex and very diverse applications have been anticipated by means of significant progress in this area o...
详细信息
ISBN:
(数字)9783540264156
ISBN:
(纸本)9783540264132;9783662500408
The interest in climbing and walking robots (CLAWAR) has intensified in recent years, and novel solutions for complex and very diverse applications have been anticipated by means of significant progress in this area of - botics. Moreover, the amalgamation of original ideas and related inno- tions, search for new potential applications and the use of state of the art support technologies permit to foresee an important step forward and a significant socio-economic impact of advanced robot technology in the - ture. This is leading to the creation and consolidation of a mobile service robotics sector where most of the robotics activities are foreseen in the - ture. The technology is now maturing to become of real benefit to society and methods of realizing this potential quickly are being eagerly explored. Robot standards and modularity are key to this and form key components of the research presented here. CLAWAR 2005 is the eighth in a series of international conferences - ganised annually since 1998 with the aim to report on latest research and development findings and to provide a forum for scientific discussion and debate within the mobile service robotics community. The series has grown in its popularity significantly over the years, and has attracted - searchers and developers from across the globe. The CLAWAR 2005 p- ceedings reports state of the art scientific and developmental findings p- sented during the CLAWAR 2005 conference in 131 technical presentations by authors from 27 countries covering the five continents.
The paper reviews the present state of development of a new form of replenishment-at-sea system, for use in Sea State 6 conditions, being developed jointly by G.E.C. (Process engineering) Ltd. and the Ministry of Defe...
The paper reviews the present state of development of a new form of replenishment-at-sea system, for use in Sea State 6 conditions, being developed jointly by G.E.C. (Process engineering) Ltd. and the Ministry of Defense (Naval). The theoretical principles behind the new system are described in some detail and the essential control relationships are presented. A variety of analogue computer outputs contrasting the behavior of the new system as compared to constant tension systems, are discussed and illustrated. A fundamental objective in evolving the control philosophy for the new system has been to eliminate the oscillatory tendency present in a constant tension system. This tendency is discussed and the reasons for it determined. It is shown that a system in which control is based only on tension measurement is fundamentally unsatisfactory in the sense that it cannot meet in an adequate manner the various requirements of an R.A.S. system designed to work in rough sea conditions. The reasons for this state of affairs are described. A table comparing performance of existing Royal Navy systems with the new system is presented. The prototype hardware being built for sea trials in the late summer of 1970 is described and illustrated.
暂无评论