The invention relates to a ship's propulsion unit comprising a closed liquid cooling system (9) having an inner space (10) containing liquid. The inner space (10) is partly limited by a cylindrical outer surface (8) of a cylindrical section (7) of a motor housing section (6) of the propulsion unit for exchanging thermal energy between an electric motor (3) arranged in the cylindrical section (7) of the motor housing section (6) and liquid in the inner space (10). The inner space (10) of the closed liquid cooling system (9) is partly limited by the shell structure (1) of the propulsion unit so that liquid in the inner space (10) is in direct contact with the shell structure (1) of the propulsion unit for exchanging thermal energy between liquid in the inner space (10) and water surrounding the propulsion unit via the shell structure (1) of the propulsion unit.
Ship's propulsion unit
Schiffsmaschinenanlage
Unité de propulsion de navire
2016-04-20
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / B63J Hilfsanlagen auf Schiffen , AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS / F01P Kühlung von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen allgemein , COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL / H02K Dynamoelektrische Maschinen , DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES |