Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability
This article gives an overview of challenges in primary distribution, protections, and power scalability for shipboard dc systems. Given that dc technology is in development, several aspects of shipboard systems have not yet been sufficiently devised to ensure the protection and efficiency demanded....
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| author | Alejandro Latorre Thiago Batista Soeiro Rinze Geertsma Andrea Coraddu Henk Polinder |
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| description | This article gives an overview of challenges in primary distribution, protections, and power scalability for shipboard dc systems. Given that dc technology is in development, several aspects of shipboard systems have not yet been sufficiently devised to ensure the protection and efficiency demanded. Several issues in dc systems arise from the lack of complete relevant standardization from different regulation bodies. Unipolar and bipolar bus architectures have application-specific advantages that are discussed and compared. The placement of power electronics in dc systems creates opportunities for switchboard design, and this article compares the centralized and distributed approaches. Likewise, protection architectures for shipboard dc systems have challenges. Breaker-based protection utilizes slow fuses, mechanical circuit breakers, and solid-state circuit breakers. In addition, power-electronics-based protection embeds the protective circuit in the power converters, but its development lags. This article compares the state-of-the-art technologies, reviewing their main features. Finally, the power requirement of various applications and the low production rate of vessels force the designers to utilize commercial off-the-shelf converters to scale up power. The misuse of such converters, the modular topologies, and power electronics building blocks are exposed highlighting challenges and opportunities toward the mass adoption of dc systems onboard maritime vessels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1f25a3841964b178f9757f96efc2a142024-01-30T00:05:51ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society2644-12842023-01-01425928610.1109/OJIES.2023.329499910182303Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power ScalabilityAlejandro Latorre0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0818-0299Thiago Batista Soeiro1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8361-9110Rinze Geertsma2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5125-0358Andrea Coraddu3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8891-4963Henk Polinder4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2212-0954Department of Maritime and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, CD, TU Delft, The NetherlandsPower Electronics and Electromagnetic Compatibility Group, University of Twente, Enschede, The NetherlandsDepartment of Maritime and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, CD, TU Delft, The NetherlandsDepartment of Maritime and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, CD, TU Delft, The NetherlandsDepartment of Maritime and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, CD, TU Delft, The NetherlandsThis article gives an overview of challenges in primary distribution, protections, and power scalability for shipboard dc systems. Given that dc technology is in development, several aspects of shipboard systems have not yet been sufficiently devised to ensure the protection and efficiency demanded. Several issues in dc systems arise from the lack of complete relevant standardization from different regulation bodies. Unipolar and bipolar bus architectures have application-specific advantages that are discussed and compared. The placement of power electronics in dc systems creates opportunities for switchboard design, and this article compares the centralized and distributed approaches. Likewise, protection architectures for shipboard dc systems have challenges. Breaker-based protection utilizes slow fuses, mechanical circuit breakers, and solid-state circuit breakers. In addition, power-electronics-based protection embeds the protective circuit in the power converters, but its development lags. This article compares the state-of-the-art technologies, reviewing their main features. Finally, the power requirement of various applications and the low production rate of vessels force the designers to utilize commercial off-the-shelf converters to scale up power. The misuse of such converters, the modular topologies, and power electronics building blocks are exposed highlighting challenges and opportunities toward the mass adoption of dc systems onboard maritime vessels.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10182303/DC circuit breakersdc systemspower-electronics-based protectionpower electronics building blocks (PEBBs)power scalabilityshipboard dc systems |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro Latorre Thiago Batista Soeiro Rinze Geertsma Andrea Coraddu Henk Polinder Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society DC circuit breakers dc systems power-electronics-based protection power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) power scalability shipboard dc systems |
| title | Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability |
| title_full | Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability |
| title_fullStr | Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability |
| title_short | Shipboard DC Systems—A Critical Overview: Challenges in Primary Distribution, Power-Electronics-Based Protection, and Power Scalability |
| title_sort | shipboard dc systems x2014 a critical overview challenges in primary distribution power electronics based protection and power scalability |
| topic | DC circuit breakers dc systems power-electronics-based protection power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) power scalability shipboard dc systems |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10182303/ |
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