Title :
The NEPTUNE power system: design from fundamentals
Author :
Kirkham, H. ; Lancaster, P. ; Chen-Ching Liu ; El-Sharkawi, M. ; Howe, Bruce M.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the process and recounts the decisions that have been made in the design of the NEPTUNE power system. The design process has consisted of a number of top-level decisions based on trade-off studies, followed by a number of more detailed developments based on fundamental considerations of the system needs. The system will use a parallel 10-kV dc scheme to deliver power at 400 V to the user. Altogether, around 100 kW can be delivered to the load distributed along the underwater cable, and up to 10 kW can be obtained at any one science node. In the design process, several commonplace solutions of power engineering have been re-examined and abandoned.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; power distribution; power supplies to apparatus; submarine cables; 10 kV; 10 kW; 100 kW; 400 V; NEPTUNE power system design; ocean engineering; ocean observatory; power delivery subsystem; power engineering; power management; power supply; reliability; subsea telecommunications; underwater cable; Design engineering; Laboratories; Power cables; Power engineering; Power engineering and energy; Power systems; Process design; Propulsion; Underwater cables; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, 2003. The 3rd International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7775-3
DOI :
10.1109/SSC.2003.1224167
