Session: 01-04-02 Design and Anaysis - II

Submission Number: 157194

Study on the Application of Hybrid Power Systems in Autonomous Small Surface Vehicles 

The demand for  autonomous small surface vehicles continues to increase around the world, as these vehicles play a key-role in modern maritime, commercial and military applications. Compared with medium and large surface vehicles, small surface vehicles are lighter, more maneuverable, and widely used in commercial, maritime, humanitarian rescue, hydrological research and militay fields, etc. In addition, the development of hybrid power systems, such as combined multiple energy forms, including wind power, solar power and batteries, vehicles could flexibly switch power sources in different operation modes for multi-missions. The application in hybrid power systems are focus on future ship development. It can not only reduce Greenhouse gas emissions, but also promote the development of green ships. The purpose of this study is to discuss optimize of hybrid power systems and improvement the endurance for the autonomous small surface vehicle. Therefore, this study applied two of solar power panels and Li-iron battery to be the hybrid power systems, equipped with an autonomous navigation system, and installed the systems on an inflatable rubber boat for dynamic test on the lake. In order to improve the endurance capacity, this study applied Taguchi orthogonal array (L₂₇) to discuss the three control factors, such as angle of solar power panels, cruise route and endurance time, and through analysis of variation (ANOVA) and intelligence parameter methods to fine the best factor-level combination. Finally, the performance improvement confirmed and achieved the robust design in this study. It expected to make a substantial contribution to the improvement of hybrid power for autonomous small surface vehicles and application in relative fields.

Presenting Author: Chun Cheng Lin Department of Power Vehicle and Systems Engineering, CCIT, University of National Defense

Presenting Author Biography: I am Chun-Cheng Lin, came from Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.), born in 1975, Nov. 28, now is 49 years old. My family member including my wife, two children and me, my wife (Lisa) is housewife, she keeps my home sweet and happiness, my daughter (Alissa) is a senior high school student, and my son (Johnson) is a junior high school student (eighth grades). I have a sweet and happiness family to be backup, and support me have more time to focus on my study research and teaching fields.
In currently, I am an Associate professor from Department of Power Vehicles and System Engineering, Chung Cheng Institute of Technology (CCIT), National Defense University, Taiwan, R. O. C. My PhD degree got from School of defense science of CCIT, NDU, Taiwan in June 2012. After got PhD degree, I serviced in Naval Shipbuilding and Development Center (NSDC) ROC Navy, and response naval architecture and marine engineering relative missions. In August 2017, I transfer to CCIT, NDU. Right now, my study research focus on small surface vessel development, including of resistance study, optimal configuration design, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) power performance design, and navigation systems, etc.
In addition, my teaching courses includes of Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Marine Engineering, Warship design, Marine Electricity, Experiment of Ship model test, and so on. I hope I could study more and get great confidence from these research fields.