Automatic Control of Ship Deceleration,

Abstract

Various methods have been introduced for dynamic braking of ships. Depending on the prime mover and transmission system, dynamic braking is accomplished by electric power dissipation (in electric driven ships), or clutches and brakes, or air compression (in diesel engine propulsion systems). In this study a gas turbine-electric drive combination is used as means of propulsion; the usual method for dynamic braking is the electric power dissipation method using resistors. This thesis is concerned with an investigation of different methods for dynamic braking in an attempt to find a way to decrease the size of the braking resistors needed and their associated equipment, or to eliminate the need for them by using another type of dynamic braking. (Author)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057285

Entities

People

  • George Kyriakos Flantinis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Engines
  • Equations
  • Gas Turbines
  • Generators
  • Mechatronic Engineering
  • Open Loop Systems
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)