Comparative evaluation and selection of submarines with air-independent propulsion system

dc.contributor.authorBashan, Veysi
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:05:42Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:05:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractConventional submarines produced to date can be more easily detected and exposed to attacks due to their visible, infrared, and radar signatures. Diesel-electric submarines need to come to a close surface at certain time intervals to charge their batteries and power their diesel generators with snorting systems. This situation causes submarines to face threats from land, sea, and air war elements. In order to reduce these threats, it is clear that there is a need for an innovative system in which the need for submarines to the surface is minimized and the timing of emergence is more flexible. To ensure this situation, airindependent propulsion systems have come to the fore from past to present and have gained more and more strategic importance. These air-independent systems significantly improve silent underwater time, and maneuverability and greatly contribute to maintaining the submarine's military stealth strategy. In this context, in this study, six different power system alternatives used as air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarine systems were evaluated, their advantages and disadvantages were compared, and alternatives were sorted by five experts in terms of nine important technical and economic criteria with the fuzzy VIKOR method. It has been seen that the propulsion power with the fuel cell system comes to the fore. The choice of a high power density fuel cell system for a submarine AIP system can allow for superior underwater range and durability and a minimal rate of instability and thermal signature than would be achievable from any heat engine. This will greatly expand the strategic advantage of AIP submarines. In this respect, this article can be a guide in understanding the critical technical features of submarines and in deciding between alternatives in submarine system selection. (C) 2022 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.08.191
dc.identifier.endpage36671
dc.identifier.issn0360-3199
dc.identifier.issn1879-3487
dc.identifier.issue86
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85139243178
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage36659
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.08.191
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/7105
dc.identifier.volume47
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000885419800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectSubmarine Fuzzy VIKOR
dc.subjectAir independent propulsion
dc.subjectAIP
dc.subjectFuel cell
dc.titleComparative evaluation and selection of submarines with air-independent propulsion system
dc.typeArticle

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