1. Power electronics for all-electric ships with MVDC power distribution system: An overview
- Author
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Alberto Tessarolo, Roberto Menis, Giorgio Sulligoi, Simone Castellan, IEEE, Castellan, Simone, Menis, Roberto, Tessarolo, Alberto, and Sulligoi, Giorgio
- Subjects
Employment ,Engineering ,Switched-mode power supply ,voltage levels ,DC/DC power converters ,medium voltage high power users ,air conditioning ,Power transformers ,Power factor ,AC distribution systems ,DC distribution systems ,Medium Voltage DC (MVDC) ,bow thrusters ,Solid State Transformer (SST) ,Electric power system ,marine power systems ,integrated power systems ,Power electronics ,AC adapter ,three-wire MVDC power systems ,Prototypes ,output voltage rectification ,electric vehicles ,Electric power distribution ,solid-state transformers ,Rectifiers ,energy storage ,business.industry ,Electrical engineering ,DC-DC power convertors ,MVDC power distribution system ,Integrated Power System (IPS) ,Voltage optimisation ,Generators ,propulsion drives ,DC distribution ,all-electric ships ,compressors ,Power module ,energy storage systems ,Power engineering ,business ,ships ,DC-DC power convertors,electric vehicles,energy storage,marine power systems,power transformers,ships,AC distribution systems,DC distribution systems,DC/DC power converters,MVDC power distribution system,air conditioning,all-electric ships,bow thrusters,compressors,energy storage systems,integrated power systems,medium voltage high power users,output voltage rectification,power electronics,power transformers,propulsion drives,solid-state transformers,three-wire MVDC power systems,voltage levels,Employment,Generators,Power electronics,Power transformers,Prototypes,Rectifiers,DC distribution,Integrated Power System (IPS),Medium Voltage DC (MVDC),Solid State Transformer (SST) - Abstract
Integrated Power Systems (IPS) with DC distribution require the massive use of power electronics for many tasks: 1) the output voltage rectification of generators and the connection of energy storage systems to the IPS, 2) the supply of medium voltage high power users (propulsion drives, bow thrusters, compressors for air conditioning), 3) the adjustment of voltage levels, which is performed by power transformers in AC distribution systems and by DC/DC power converters called Solid-State Transformers (SST) in DC distribution systems. In this paper, an overview is given of the power converters found in the literature and on the market that could be suitable for employment in the mentioned subsystems as parts of a future MVDC IPS. Finally authors propose a structure for an SST to be employed in three-wire MVDC power systems.
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- 2014