ELECTRICAL PROPULSION FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS

Recent advances in the field of control and power electronics have led to controllable AC drives for industrial and marine applications, with performance characteristics equaling--and in some respects even surpassing--those of conventional DC drives. For marine propulsion, there are three main types of AC drive/motor combinations: (1) self commutated: PWM converter/asynchronous motor; (2) load commutated: synchroconverter/synchronous motor; and (3) line commutated: cycloconverter/synchronous motor. This paper focuses on these different alternatives for the propulsion of cruising vessels, starting from aspects brought forward during the design stage of the vessel and taking into consideration the operating profile and total economy of the ship.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference paper
• Authors:
  • Sozzi, L
  • Zuzzaro, G
  • Hackman, T
• Conference:
  • NAV '88-WEMT '88 Symposium
  • Location: Trieste, Italy
  • Date: 1988-10-12 to 1988-10-14
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 24p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cruise ships; Electric power; Electrical systems; Propulsion
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00659416
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM