Marine Electrical Power Systems:
Electric Power Load Analysis (EPLA):
Transformer Capacity Sizing

Last Update: July 13, 2024

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References

DPC 310-1 Electric Power Load Analysis (EPLA) for Surface Ships

IEEE Std 45.3 IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard--Systems Engineering

Doerry, CAPT Norbert, "Zonal Ship Design", presented at the ASNE Reconfiguration and Survivability Symposium, February 16-17, 2005, Atlantic Beach FL.
Also published in ASNE Naval Engineers Journal, Winter 2006, Vol. 118 No 1, pp 39-53.

Dalton, Thomas, "Power Application Limitations of AC Shipboard Electric Plants for US Navy Ships," presented at ASNE TSS 2019, June 18-20, 2019, Washington DC.


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