Italy's Senate Defense Committee has approved the construction in Italy of the first 2 of a planned 4 Type 212NFS (Near Future Submarines) for the Italian Navy.
It is envisaged these will have Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs).
See further details at:
- https://www.udt-global.com/__media/libraries/sensors-and-processing/116---Vincenzo-Pennino-Slides.pdf and
- https://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2260_pubb,2_npp,16_npag,126.html
"...the contract will be signed for the acquisition of the two new U-212 NFS (Near Future
Submarine) for the Navy. The boats will be a little longer than [Italy's 4 Type 212A Todaro-class
submarines and] above all, they will have a greater Italian industrial content. For example,
electronic warfare, including the CEMS part, will be by Elettronica. The propulsion
will be AIP, always based on Siemens PEM cells, but with lithium ion batteries of Italian
production."
It is envisaged these will have Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs).
See further details at:
- https://www.udt-global.com/__media/libraries/sensors-and-processing/116---Vincenzo-Pennino-Slides.pdf and
- https://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2260_pubb,2_npp,16_npag,126.html
"...the contract will be signed for the acquisition of the two new U-212 NFS (Near Future
Submarine) for the Navy. The boats will be a little longer than [Italy's 4 Type 212A Todaro-class
submarines and] above all, they will have a greater Italian industrial content. For example,
electronic warfare, including the CEMS part, will be by Elettronica. The propulsion
will be AIP, always based on Siemens PEM cells, but with lithium ion batteries of Italian
production."
Hi Pete
ReplyDeleteBased on the structure of Type 212A and battery by FAAB, total battery energy of Type 212NFS was estimated to 8MWh [1-3]. As K.R. Energy (parent company of FAAB) thinks LIBs for 212NFS are triggers for defense use of LIBs, FAAB presumably show discount price [4].
The amount of LIBs for AIP submarine such as South Korea and Germany is small, while non-AIP Japanese submarine equips with large amount of LIBs.
Both Type 212NFS and CD have non-magnetic hull and LIBS. Type 212NFS is different from Type 212CD which Norway selected presumably to avoid electromagnetic submarine detection by Russia [5].
[1]https://www.udt-global.com/__media/libraries/sensors-and-processing/116---Vincenzo-Pennino-Slides.pdf
Page 17/32
[2]Battery module consisted of 4 columns, 6 rows and 5 layers of cylindrical battery cells (diameter 63mm, length 225mm) was considered. Size and capacity of battery module is D 252mm (63mm x 4), W 378mm(63mm x 6), H 1225mm (225mm x 5) and 25.0kWh (65A x 3.2 V x 120 battery cells)
[3] Battery section (length ca. 10m) is under the weapons stowage and handling room for Type 212A. 40 columns and 8 rows of battery modules (320 battery modules, 8MWh) are assumed to be in the battery section.
[4] K.R.Energy (parent company of FAAB), Full Company Report (page 52/56) Lithium and defence are the key drivers of the investment case,
“ 2) the reaching of a deal on the supply of battery packs for the new Italian Navy U-212 “NFS” submarines represent major triggers for the investment case, possibly materializing in the next 6 months.
[5] Rosoboronexport (the sole state intermediary agency for Russia's exports/imports of defense-related and dual use products, technologies and services)
http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/naval-systems/stationary-electronic-systems/komor/
“The Komor electromagnetic stationary submarine detection system is designed to control the sea-situation to ASW border”
Regards
Hi Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThanks for your "Based on the structure of Type 212A and battery by FAAB, total battery energy of Type 212NFS..." comment. I'll publish it as an article today.
Regards
Pete
Hi Anonymous
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment above of November 11, 2019 2:13PM
I have turned it into an article at https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2019/11/further-lib-details-for-italys-future.html dated November 13, 2019.
Regards
Pete