Design and Simulation of Electrical Propulsion System of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Using MATLAB GUI

In this paper, the problem is to design and simulate an Electric Propulsion System (EPS) for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) by doing real-time simulations using MATLAB GUI that incorporates the analysis of change in speed with respect to physical parameters of the vehicle such as drag force, power, and thrust force to be capable of doing desired missions as same as Remus-600 (UUV). For proposed EPS in which the batteries are the main power source, the electric motor will then be the driving foundation and propellers will be the driven equipment. The EPS is designed based on a study of various existing UUV around the world. MATLAB GUI based simulations has been carried out using different physical design parameters such as, current drawn from the battery, endurance, drag, thrust, RPM, etc. Finally, proposed EPS ensures the vital abilities to be more energy efficient along with high speed and enough endurance.