Seawater Activated Power System (SWAPS): Energy for Deep Water Detection, ocean platforms, buoys, surface craft and submersibles

Abstract

A Seawater Activated Power System (SWAPS) has most recently been tested for providing all electrical power for a US Navy Deep Water Detection System (DWADS). DWADS requires 40 kW bursts of power to produce acoustic pulses that are detected by submerged receivers whose signals are transmitted to and analyzed by ship or shore based operators.