Hull thermal management system
AssigneeOckerman Automation Consulting, Inc.
InventorsJennifer Michaeli, Robert Walling, Alden Nelson
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Abstract
A system for controlling a thermal signature of a boat is disclosed. The system includes a fluid compartment adjacent to an external wall of the boat. The fluid compartment is disposed between a heat source in a hull cavity of the boat and the external wall of the boat such that heat energy released from the heat source is transferred to a fluid in the fluid compartment. A fluid mover moves a first volume of the fluid out of the fluid compartment and replaces at least a portion of the first volume with a second volume of fluid, wherein the second volume of fluid has a different temperature than the first volume of fluid before entering the fluid compartment.
Claims22
A system for controlling a thermal signature of a boat, the system comprising:
- a boat having an external wall;
- a fluid compartment adjacent to the external wall of the boat, wherein the fluid compartment is disposed between a heat source in a hull cavity of the boat and the external wall of the boat such that heat energy released from the heat source is transferred to a fluid in the fluid compartment, wherein a waterline of the boat is configured to be substantially at or below a lower end of the fluid compartment;
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- a pump that moves a first volume of the fluid out of the fluid compartment and replaces at least a portion of the first volume of the fluid with a second volume of fluid, wherein the second volume of fluid has a different temperature than the first volume of the fluid before entering the fluid compartment.
A system for controlling a thermal signature of a boat, the system comprising:
- a first fluid compartment adjacent to a first portion of an external wall of the boat and configured to store a fluid;
- a heat source disposed within a hull cavity of the boat and configured to reject heat into the hull cavity, wherein the first fluid compartment is disposed between the heat source and the external wall of the boat;
- a first pump configured to remove a first volume of the fluid from the first fluid compartment and to replace the first volume of the fluid with a second volume of fluid at a lower temperature than a temperature of the first volume of the fluid such that a thermal signature of the external wall is controlled;
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- a second fluid compartment between the first fluid compartment and the heat source and defined by a baffle, wherein the second fluid compartment is configured to flow a gas through the second fluid compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.