Marine Electrical Power Systems:
Shipboard Power System Fundamentals:
Power Distribution

Last Update: June 29, 2024

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What components comprise Power Distribution?
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How are cables chosen?
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What are circuit breaker trip curves and how are they used to predict clearing times?
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How are circuit breaker trip curves used to coordinate series circuit breakers?
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References

Mukund Patel, Shipboard Electrical Power Systems, CRC Press, Roca Raton 2021

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

IEEE Std 45.8 IEEE Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations on Shipboard--Cable Systems

IEEE Std 1580 IEEE Recommended Practice for Marine Cable for Use on Shipboard and Fixed or Floating Facilities

MIL-HDBK-299 Cable Comparison Handbook Data Pertaining to Electric Shipboard Cable

EDQP SD-311 EDQP Study Paper Electrical Power Distribution

Greene, William. Evaluation of Non-Intrusive Monitoring for Condition Based Maintenance Applications on US Navy Propulsion Plants, MIT Thesis, June 2005

Kusuma, Indra Ranu, Eddy Setyo Koenhardhono, Riantini Karmina, "Design of Protection Coordination for Overcurrent on Electrical System in Tanker Ship Plan Using Electro Mechanical Trip Device," International Journal of Marine Engineering Innovation and Research, Vol. 1(4), Sep. 2017. 233 240 (pISSN: 2541-5972, eISSN: 2548-1479).


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