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000007714 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2631-8741.2018.001
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000007714 245__ $$aWAVE module for hybrid oceanographic Autonomous Underwater Vehicle–prototype experimental validation and characterisation
000007714 269__ $$a2018-10-02
000007714 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007714 520__ $$aWAVE (Wave-powered Autonomous Vehicle for marine Exploration) is an Italian National Research Projects of Military interest (PNRM) concluded in October 2017. The final goal of the project was the enhancement of the endurance of a typical marine mission with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs). To this aim, a system to provide a generic carrier AUV for both energy harvesting from the wave motion and low energy propulsion capabilities was developed. A first prototype of the WAVE module was realised and installed on a commercial AUVplatform. After a preliminary assessment of the integrated system at sea, a systematic experimental characterisation of the module capabilities was carried out in a controlled environment at the CNR-INSEAN test tank facility in Rome, Italy. During the three days experimentation, a considerable quantity of data related to different recreated sea conditions and WAVE module configurations was collected. This work details the energetic characterisation of the proposed system, presenting a comparison of the performance of the different WAVE module layouts in terms of average generated power. The main result emerged from the previous analysis is the identification of the most effective configuration of the WAVE module for the battery charging. A deeper processing of data will allow to critically tune the available dynamical model of the system. This way, it will be possible to evaluate, through simulations, the expected performance of the WAVE AUV under typical wave profiles of the Mediterranean sea. 
000007714 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
000007714 6531_ $$aLong Endurance AUV
000007714 6531_ $$aEnergy Harvesting
000007714 6531_ $$aHybrid Oceanographic AUV
000007714 6531_ $$aUnderwater Wave Glider
000007714 7001_ $$aCaiti, A$$uDepartment of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Interuniversity Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (ISME), Italy
000007714 7001_ $$aCostanzi, R$$uDepartment of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Interuniversity Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (ISME), Italy
000007714 7001_ $$aFenucci, D$$uDepartment of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Research Center "E. Piaggio", University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Interuniversity Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (ISME), Italy
000007714 7001_ $$aManzari, V$$uDepartment of Information Engineering (DII), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Naval Experimentation and Support Center (CSSN), Italian Navy, La Spezia, Italy
000007714 7001_ $$aCaffaz, A$$uGraalTech S.r.l., Genova, Italy
000007714 7001_ $$aStifani, M$$uNaval Experimentation and Support Center (CSSN), Italian Navy, La Spezia, Italy
000007714 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of iSCSS
000007714 773__ $$jiSCSS 2018
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000007714 8564_ $$9b701a73f-d00f-435f-8881-045572075458$$s6344895$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7714/files/ISCSS%202018%20Paper%20017%20Costanzi%20FINAL.pdf