Marine Electrical Power Systems:
Shipboard Power System Fundamentals:
Architectures

Last Update: June 28, 2024

Essential Questions

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What is an architecture and what are the architectural modules (building blocks) of ship's electrical power and propulsion architectures?
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What are implications of a radial architecture, zonal architecture, and ring bus architecture?
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What are implications of a mechanical drive ship design, a hybrid drive ship design, and an integrated electric drive ship design?
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What are implications of current type (a.c. and d.c.) and voltage level (Low voltage and medium voltage) buses?
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References

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

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

Doerry, CAPT Norbert USN, "Next Generation Integrated Power Systems for the Future Fleet," Presented at the Corbin A. McNeill Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, March 30, 2009

Doerry, Dr. Norbert H., Integrated Electric Propulsion,The Marine Engineering Series Edited by Michael G. Parson, SNAME, Alexandria VA, 2020 ISBN 978-1-7923-1226-7

Doerry, Norbert, "Naval Power Systems," IEEE Electrification, Volume 3 Number 2, June 2015, pp. 12-21.

NAVSEA,"NGIPS Technology Development Roadmap," NAVSEA Ser 05D / 349 of 30 Nov 2007.


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