Investigation of the feasibility of a superconducting “self-healing” DC grid on a LNG carrier

Author

Katsiroumpas, P. ; Spathis, D. ; Dallas, S. ; Prousalidis, J. ; Kourmpelis, T. ; Korn, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Naval Archit. & Marine Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

fYear

2015

fDate

21-24 June 2015

Firstpage

415

Lastpage

419

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to investigate the implementation of superconducting (SC) Direct Current Power Distribution on the power grid of a LNG Carrier. In the first part of the paper, the state of the art in High Temperature Superconductor technology is reviewed and an analytical approach of Superconducting DC Power Distribution on a power system is provided. In the second part, a simulation of a SC distribution line is performed during the transmission from superconducting to normal state regarding power losses and the operation of the line as a fault current limiter.

Keywords

marine power systems; natural gas technology; power distribution lines; power grids; power transmission; ships; superconducting fault current limiters; LNG carrier; SC distribution line simulation; all-electric ship; fault current limiter; high temperature superconductor technology; liquefied natural gas transportation; marine vessels; power losses; power system; superconducting direct current power distribution; superconducting self-healing DC grid; Current density; High-temperature superconductors; Mathematical model; Power cables; Superconducting cables; All-Electric Ship; DC Distribution; High Temperature Superconductors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1856-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESTS.2015.7157928

Filename

7157928