Integrated fight through power

Author

Hegner, Henry ; Desai, Bipin

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

25-25 July 2002

Firstpage

336

Abstract

Since military vessels must fulfill mission requirements after sustaining baffle damage, survivability of the electric power distribution system is one of the primary attributes. The US Navy has been conducting studies to replace the basic architecture being used since the introduction of electricity aboard ships. The prevalent practice is to install a radial 450 VAC distribution system with mission critical loads supplied form two geographically separated power sources. Electro-mechanical bus transfer switches are provided to switch between the normal and alternate power sources. This paper describes the selection and benefits of the future shipboard power system architecture.

Keywords

load (electric); military equipment; power distribution reliability; power supply quality; ships; 450 V; US Navy; alternate power sources; baffle damage; electric power distribution system survivability; electro-mechanical bus transfer switches; future shipboard power system architecture; military vessels; mission requirements; normal power sources; AC generators; Frequency conversion; Marine vehicles; Phase change materials; Power conversion; Power distribution; Power generation; Power system reliability; Propulsion; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7518-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2002.1043245

Filename

1043245