Title :
Assessment of Energy Savings With Variable Speed Drives in Ship's Cooling Pumps
Author :
Chien-Hsing Lee ; Zhi-Wei Liu ; Chien-Nan Chen ; Ming-Yuan Cho ; Foung-Tang Lin ; Joe-Air Jiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Naval Mechatron. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
The main objective of this study is to assess the potential for energy savings in the cooling water circuit of a vessel through the use of variable speed drives (VSDs). A small-scale cooling system was set up in the laboratory and relevant tests were carried out by simulating field conditions. Moreover, the payback period from VSDs installation on an existing 8000 TEU container ship based on the operational scenario of a representative journey was calculated. The result of the analysis revealed significant savings with a payback period of only a few months for VSD-controlled sea water pumps of a container vessel.
Keywords :
cooling; energy conservation; marine power systems; variable speed drives; VSD-controlled sea water pumps; cooling pumps; cooling water circuit; energy savings; payback period; variable speed drives; Cooling; Heat engines; Heat transfer; Heating; Marine vehicles; Valves; Cooling pump; energy savings; variable speed drives;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2015.2431733
