1. Ship energy management for hybrid propulsion and power supply with shore charging.
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Kalikatzarakis, M., Geertsma, R.D., Boonen, E.J., Visser, K., and Negenborn, R.R.
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HYBRID electric vehicles , *PROPULSION systems , *ENERGY storage , *DYNAMIC programming , *ENERGY management - Abstract
Hybrid technology in marine vehicles can significantly reduce fuel consumption and local CO 2 emissions. It has been applied successfully to several ship-types, mostly with conventional, rule-based, strategies. To further improve performance, intelligent control strategies are necessary. This work, inspired by automotive research in Energy Management Strategies, applies the Equivalent Consumption Minimisation Strategy (ECMS) to a ship powered by a hybrid propulsion plant with hybrid power supply that can be recharged with renewable shore power. This hybrid configuration has the additional challenge to determine the optimal power-split between three or more different power sources, in real-time, and to optimally deplete the battery packs over the mission profile. To this end, a Mixed-Integer Non-Linear optimisation Problem is formulated and solved by combining Branch & Bound and Convex optimisation. Dynamic Programming (DP) is used to benchmark the real-time strategies, which are also compared to the current rule-based (RB) controller. Simulation results of a case study tugboat with validated models show that, with unknown load demand, 6% additional fuel savings can be achieved with ECMS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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