Discussion on adopting intelligent power management and control techniques in integrated power systems of all-electric ships

The development of all electric ship (AES) configurations necessitates the use of multiple power sources to support a wide variety of load profiles. The latter are diverse ranging from propulsion loads to high power pulsed loads while the operational status of the ship varies complicating even further the power and energy management process. The high level of complexity is giving rise to modern sophisticated ship Electrical Power Management and Control Systems (EPMACS) resembling the ones adopted in land-based hybrid systems. This paper discusses the adoption of intelligent control methodologies on an EPMACS which can substantially reduce complexity, increase integrability and improve the overall efficiency and reliability.