Marine Electrical Power Systems:
Ship Electrical Distribution System Design

Last Update: July 17, 2024

2010 Architecture

2020 Electrical Distribution System Power Characteristics

2030 Power System Survivability

2040 Electrical Distribution System Grounding

2050 Ground Fault Detection and Insulation Monitoring

2060 EMI - EMC

2070 Common mode system modeling

2080 common mode voltage and current control

2090 AC Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation

2100 DC Fault Detection, Localization and Isolation

2110 Design for Quality of Service and survivability

2120 Voltage Drop Calculations

2130 Cable selection, installation, and repair

2140 Bus Duct and Insulated Bus Pipe

2150 Switchboards, Load Centers, and Power Panels

2160 Maintenance Considerations

2170 Cooling Considerations

2180 Shore Power

2190 Motor Controllers

2200 Variable Frequency Drive Integration

2210 Low voltage distribution transformers

2220 Automatic Bus Transfers, Manual Bus Transfers, Controllable Bus transfers

2230 Emergency Power

2240 Electrical Lighting System Design and Navigational Lighting System Design

2250 Lightning Protection Systems

2260 Point of Use Power Conversion

2270 Uninterruptible Power Supplies


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