Marine Electrical Power Systems:
Shipboard Electrical Power System Integration 1:
Machinery Arrangements

Last Update: July 29, 2024

Essential Questions

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What are the trade-offs between having a few large machinery rooms and more smaller machinery rooms?
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What are separation requirements for equipment for different types of ships?
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What are the trade-offs with respect to locating equipment and distributed systems?
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What is zonal survivability and compartment survivability and how are they typically implemented?
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What are machinery arrangement issues for locating propulsion and maneuvering equipment?
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References

MIL-STD_3045 U.S. Navy Surface Ship Machinery Arrangements

Doerry, CAPT Norbert, "Designing Electrical Power Systems for Survivability and Quality of Service" presented at ASNE DAY 2007, Arlington, VA, June 25-26, 2007.
Also published in ASNE Naval Engineers Journal, 2007, Vol. 119 No 2, pp 25-34.

Resner, Michael, "Machinery Arrangment Design - A Perspective," Naval Engineers Journal, Volume 93, Number 3, 1 June 1981, pp. 133-141

Kinney, Edward T, "A Disciplined Approach to Machinery Arrangements in Ship Design" Naval Engineers Journal, Volume 99, Number 3, 1 May 1987, pp. 65-73

IEEE Std 45.1 IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard--Design


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