A vessel energy management system for controlling power supply to and from a propulsion system of a vessel, the energy management system has a motor/generator unit adapted to receive power from a prime mover of the vessel; a frequency converter; an energy storage unit and a controller. The energy storage unit includes one or more capacitors, super capacitors or ultra capacitors. The controller of the energy management system determines an instantaneous power requirement of the propulsion system and average power generated by the prime mover; and a comparator compares the instantaneous required power and average power. If the instantaneous required power exceeds the average power, the motor/generator unit receives energy from the energy storage unit; and, if the instantaneous required power is less than the average power, the motor/generator unit supplies power from the prime mover to the energy storage unit.
VESSEL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
2019-01-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
VESSEL MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VESSEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VESSEL MANAGEMENT METHOD
European Patent Office | 2019
|