THE SIMULATION OF SMALL MARINE SYSTEMS INCORPORATING GAS-TURBINE AND DIESEL PRIME MOVERS

In the marine environment, renewed attention has recently been given to the use of electrically-driven variable-pitch propulsion systems. Further, the growth in the offshore oil industry, with its need for specialised vessels, has provided a new application for electric propulsion in the form of dynamically positioned vessels requiring a number of electrically driven thrust propellers to keep the vessel on station. The simulation described in this paper was prepared for such a vessel, but the generalised approach used caters for future applications incorporating a different mix of machinery types and configuration. In the paper, a simulation method is developed to aid in the design of marine electric power installations incorporating induction-motor-driven variable-pitch propulsion units for both the main-drive and the thrust propellers. These drives are required to respond to changes in demand that are continually taking place, and the time of response to these changes is important.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Instn. Electrical Engrs., Colloquium on Control in the Marine Industry, held 28 January 1988, p. 6/1 [21 pp., 20 ref., 21 fig.]
• Authors:
  • Smith, J R
  • Stronach, A F
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Dynamic positioning
• Old TRIS Terms: Engine simulation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00694618
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM