SGER: A Seawater Battery for Long-Term, Low Power Seafloor Instruments

小行星9500816 这个探索性研究（SGER）项目的小额赠款将开发和测试一种溶解氧海水电池，为海底仪器提供动力。 初步测试表明，铝或镁在海水中的腐蚀可能为长期低功率实验提供紧凑而经济的电源。 一个原型海水电池将首先在普吉湾进行试验，然后于1995年夏天在胡安·德富卡海脊的奋进段进行为期4个月的深水试验。如果测试成功，类似的电池可能会在海脊计划和其他海洋学领域得到广泛使用。 低成本、高能量、可长期运行的电池将在海底观测站和其他长期实验的发展中发挥重要作用。 这项工作将试图证明溶解氧海水电池有潜力满足这一需求。

9500816 Wilcock This Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) project will develop and test a dissolved-oxygen seawater battery to power seafloor instruments. Preliminary tests show that the corrosion of aluminum or magnesium in seawater may provide a basis for a compact and economical power source for long-term low-power experiments. A prototype seawater battery will be initially tested in Puget Sound and subsequently on a 4-month deep-water test on the Endeavor segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Summer of 1995. If the tests prove successful, similar batteries might have wide use both within the RIDGE Program and in other fields of oceanography. A low-cost, high-energy battery which could operate for long periods would play an important role in the development of seafloor observatories and other long-term experiments. This work will seek to demonstrate that dissolved oxygen seawater batteries have the potential to satisfy this need.