Apparatus and computer-implemented method for optimizing marine vessel thrust allocation for a plurality of thruster units, the method comprising: receiving marine vessel characteristics and thruster unit location information; determining performance profile in view of different azimuth degrees for each thruster unit based on the marine vessel characteristics and thruster unit location information, wherein the performance profile comprises thruster restriction zone information; receiving environmental information; generating a hydrodynamic thrust model by combining performance profiles of active thruster units and the environmental information; and determining thrust vector information for each active thruster unit based on the hydrodynamic thrust model.
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MARINE VESSEL THRUST ALLOCATION FOR PLURALITY OF THRUSTER UNITS
COMPUTERIMPLEMENTIERTES VERFAHREN ZUR OPTIMIERUNG DER ZUORDNUNG EINES SCHIFFSANTRIEBS FÜR MEHRERE TRIEBWERKE
PROCÉDÉ MIS EN OEUVRE PAR ORDINATEUR POUR OPTIMISER L'ATTRIBUTION DE POUSSÉE DE NAVIRE MARIN POUR UNE PLURALITÉ D'UNITÉS DE PROPULSEURS
2022-08-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
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