Analyzing the Effects of Component Reliability on Naval Integrated Power System Quality of Service

Abstract

The Integrated Power System (IPS) is a key enabling technology for future naval vessels and their advanced weapon systems. While conventional warship designs utilize separate power systems for propulsion and shipboard electrical service, the IPS combines these functions. This allows greater optimization of engineering plant design and operations and leads to significant potential lifecycle cost savings through reduced fuel consumption and maintenance. Traditionally the focus of power system design has been survivability, with the assumption that service continuity was inherently provided. A new probabilistic metric Quality of Service (QOS), now allows the power continuity and quality delivered to loads to be addressed explicitly during the design of IPS vessels. This metric is based both on the reliability of the power system components and the system architecture employed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488182

Entities

People

  • Benjamin F. Hawbaker

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

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  • Cost Reductions
  • Data Analysis
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electrical Loads
  • Electronic Components
  • Engineers
  • Experimental Design
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Load Monitoring
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navy
  • Power Electronics
  • Power Supplies
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Turbines
  • Uss Oscar Austin

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