Watercraft and method for operating the watercraft
A watercraft and method for operating the watercraft, wherein the watercraft includes an electrical system that is present in a space that has an atmosphere that differs from air, where the space is formable by a pressure hull, where the atmosphere contains, for example, an inert gas, and where the space having the electrical system is filled with the atmosphere.
1. A propeller driven watercraft comprising:
an unencapsulated electrical system including at least one of (i) a current converter, (ii) an electrical motor and (iii) a power distribution network, said unencapsulated electrical system being arranged within a space formed by a pressurized outer body of the propeller driven watercraft;
wherein the space comprises an atmosphere different from air, said atmosphere comprising a power fuel.
2. The watercraft as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the atmosphere has a low-reaction gas.
3. The watercraft as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the space has an overpressure.
4. The watercraft as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the space is flushed predominantly with the atmosphere.
5. The watercraft as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the watercraft is a submarine.
6. The watercraft as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the watercraft is an unmanned submarine.
7. A method for operating a propeller driven watercraft, comprising:
arranging an unencapsulated electrical system within a space formed by a pressurized outer body of the propeller driven watercraft, said unencapsulated electrical system including at least one of (i) a current converter, (ii) an electrical motor and (iii) a power distribution network; and
filling the space with an atmosphere having a power fuel;
wherein the atmosphere of the watercraft having the power fuel is different than air.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a pressure greater than air pressure is produced in the space.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the pressure has a dependency on an immersion depth.
10. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the atmosphere having the power fuel forms a motor fuel.
11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the space is cleared of all people before being filled with the atmosphere having the power fuel.