Electrification - Solutions - Ships Electric Grid

Overview

For connectivity of energy sources to a vessel’s different power consumers, Electrification’s Ship’s Electric Grid is the safe way to generate, distribute and manage electric power, where and when it’s needed.

AC Architectures

Standardized but highly flexible, open and configurable
Secure, easy to protect and interface AC electrical machines and shore power connections in the Ship’s Electric Grid
Suitable for both low voltage (LV) and medium-high voltage networks on the vessel. Ideal for integration of transformers.

Electrification’s Advanced AC, enhanced by the latest power electronics

Can incorporate variable speed generation with link convertors, and energy storage with simple DC links
Active filtering reduces harmonics and fault limiting can reduce fault current
Highly resilient power network.

DC Architecture

Distribution at DC level, where effectively all elements share the DC link or bus
Like Advanced AC, DC architectures facilitate integration of energy storage and variable speed generation
Modern DC architectures are well suited to LV networks.
Easy to synchronize, they deploy fault limiting electronics, fuses and off load disconnects to improve protection.
Power electronics provide AC supplies for ship services etc.

Alongside Electrification’s complete range of electric power equipment, the Ship’s Electric Grid incorporates the brains of the system – advanced and increasingly autonomous and smart automation, control and power management systems.