ELECTRIC POWER FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL VESSELS

Some of the principal items of electrical engineering that require the understanding of the marine design are reviewed. These are voltage drops in distribution systems, voltage and frequency tolerances under steady and transient conditions, motor control, circuit protection, generator paralleling, and the relative merits of direct and alternating current systems. Emphasis is on systems for the small commercial vessel. Some of the design problems to be faced are also discussed. These are load analysis, circuit protection methods, choice of emergency power source, choice of alternating current versus direct current, and choice of distribution system. Two actual electric plants are described, one an alternating current system, the other direct current, aboard small passenger ferries of near-identical construction. It is seen that prominent features of the designs are dictated by special requirements of the vessel service.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Spring Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, April 2-4, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Woodward, J B
  • Vibrans, F C
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Direct current motors; Electric power generation; Electric power transmission; Generators; Voltage regulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Voltage control
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper R
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 23 1973 12:00AM