Naval combat survivability testbeds for investigation of issues in shipboard power electronics based power and propulsion systems

There are numerous issues involved in the design of power electronics based power distribution and propulsion systems. These issues include power density, dynamic stability, efficiency, acoustic and waterborne noise, and electromagnetic compatibility, to name a few. In order to address these issues, as well as to test CAD tools for designing these systems, two reduced scale hardware test beds have been developed. The first of these, the Naval Combat Survivability Generation and Propulsion Testbed, focuses on primary power generation and propulsion. The second of these, the Naval Combat Survivability DC Distribution test bed, focuses on DC power distribution using a zonal architecture.