Marine inflight refuelling system and method of unmanned ship

Abstract

The invention relates to a marine inflight refuelling system and method of a unmanned ship. The marine inflight refuelling system of the unmanned ship comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ship; a make-up oil tank, an oil pipe contraction and release device, an oil conveying pipe and a three jaw sucker are arranged on the unmanned aerial vehicle; and a plane sucker and an oil tankto be made up are arranged on the unmanned ship. The marine inflight refuelling system of the unmanned ship has the advantages that the design is reasonable, the structure is simple, the operation isstable, the system is convenient and rapid, the whole refuelling process of the system is completely autonomous without manual intervention, the refuelling effectiveness of the unmanned ship can be enhanced, and the marine manual refuelling risk can also be avoided. The two ends of refuelling are tightened and fixed to act through positioning so that the refuelling operation realizes higher connection stability; and meanwhile, through combination between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned ship, the refuelling unmanned and autonomation degree is further enhanced, the problem of poor endurance of the unmanned ship is solved, the acting area of the unmanned ship is enlarged, and precondition and guarantee are provided for multifunctionality of marine operation of the unmanned ship.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a refueling system and method for an unmanned boat at sea and in the air, which can perform refueling operations for the unmanned boat at sea without any manual intervention, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned boat applications. Background technique [0002] The surface unmanned vehicle is a small unmanned surface platform. In recent years, this unmanned surface platform has performed well in various special tasks, such as underwater mine clearance, underwater archaeology, geological exploration, anti-submarine, etc. It is mainly equipped with sensing equipment such as radar, inertial navigation, sonar, GPS, ultrasound, and camera, which can realize functions such as environment perception, navigation and obstacle avoidance, path planning, and anti-surge disturbance control. The driving method of the surface unmanned vehicle is to burn fuel oil through the internal combustion engine. Among them, the power supply o...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] The endurance of the current unmanned boats is relatively poor, and it can only work for a few hours. For some small unmanned boats, the endurance is even worse

At present, the fuel supply of unmanned boats is mainly through manual refueling, but manual refueling can only be done on the shore or on the mother boat, so when the fuel of the unmanned boat is insufficient, the unmanned boat can only return to the shore or the mother boat for refueling. Come on, this will result in a low rate of task completion or even failure to complete the task

When the unmanned boat goes out to work, it is often unable to return to the voyage for refueling due to the particularity of the task, which greatly limits the area of ​​action of the unmanned boat, and also limits its autonomy and intelligence.

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