Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (10): 3875-3899.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2025.0394

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Application of electric energy technologies in naval combat operations

Jia NIU1,2(), Huimin ZHANG2, Songtong ZHANG2, Lihua WANG4, Jiaxin YAO1, Wenjie MENG2, Guiling WANG1, Jingyi QIU2, Zhenhua FANG3, Hai MING2()   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150006, Heilongjiang, China
    2.Chemical Defence Institute, AMS, Beijing 100191, China
    3.Institute of Chemical Power Sources, Suzhou 215600, Jiangsu, China
    4.Joint Service College, National Defense University, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2025-04-23 Revised:2025-05-19 Online:2025-10-28 Published:2025-10-20
  • Contact: Hai MING E-mail:niujia917@163.com;hai.mingenergy@hotmail.com

Abstract:

As nations increasingly emphasize maritime interests and the demand for deep-sea operations grows, it is necessary to address the endurance, extreme environments, and complex operational conditions of manned and unmanned ships, boats, submarines, robots, pre-positioned sensors, and other equipment operating both on the surface and underwater. In particular, the enhanced power supply requirements for battlefield energy integration-such as high-load rapid maneuvering, ultra-long endurance, and extended pre-positioning-necessitate the development of an integrated "acquisition-storage-transmission-networking" regional energy system tailored to maritime combat platforms. Such a system would enable rapid replenishment of surface and underwater energy resources or establish an efficient, rapid-response guarantee strategy supported by advanced power distribution networks. Currently, electro-energy technologies widely applied to maritime combat platforms include chemical batteries for platform power supply, long-range reserve power sources, large-scale pre-positioned underwater energy storage, mechanical energy conversion in marine environments, solar energy conversion in marine environments, bioenergy conversion in marine environments, and underwater electro-energy support networks. In recent years, with the rapid advancement of chemical batteries, wireless energy transmission, solar energy, wave energy, biomass energy, and nuclear energy, the trend toward integrated electro-energy networks for surface and underwater applications has become increasingly evident. Therefore, to identify advanced and better-suited energy acquisition, transmission, storage, and networking technologies that can effectively support the iterative upgrading and innovative application of maritime combat power energy security, this paper systematically reviews the latest developments in these fields. It summarizes current technological levels, capabilities, and critical challenges requiring breakthroughs, while also analyzing prospects for constructing an integrated surface-underwater maritime combat energy security system.

Key words: maritime combat platform, power supply, reserve battery, ocean energy, electro-energy network

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