MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. There are already conditions for the creation of the first air-independent power plant in the Russian Federation, running on oxygen and hydrogen, for an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle "Sarma". This was told to TASS by Viktor Litvinenko, deputy head of the Department of Physical and Technical Research of the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI).
"It is planned to create an air-independent power plant running on hydrogen and oxygen. This is a new technological direction that allows you to work under water for a long time without surfacing. An advance project has been completed and the necessary conditions for its creation are available. To date, no one has managed to create a hydrogen air-independent power plant that could work for a long time under water. We hope for a positive result, " he said.
According to Litvinenko, the first device will be equipped with rechargeable batteries, a promising power plant will be designed for subsequent modifications of the Sarma.
Currently, a large cooperation of co-executors is working on the design and creation of an air-independent power plant by order of the FPI.
The autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle (ANPA) "Sarma" developed by the Lazurit Central Design Bureau, commissioned by the FPI, will be able to dive to a depth of about 1 kilometer, autonomously perform tasks for three months and overcome distances of more than 8 thousand km. A functional demonstrator of the device is planned to be manufactured in 2022-2023.
ANPA "Sarma" will be a modular type device, so the initial tasks that it solves can be expanded: bottom survey, bottom relief, objects, monitoring of long objects - gas pipelines, cartography, geological exploration, maintenance and repair of underwater communications of the oil and gas sector, etc.
