This report discusses the simulation of a diesel electric propulsion system for an icebreaker using AC generators and rectified DC for the propulsion motors. A comparison is made between an icebreaker using this system and one using a more conventional electric propulsion system. (Author)
Icebreaker Propulsion System Simulation. Phase II. Dynamics of AC-DC Icebreaker Propulsion Systems
1967
101 pages
Report
No indication
English
Marine Engineering , Computer Hardware , Electric & Ion Propulsion , Reciprocation & Rotating Combustion Engines , Icebreakers , Marine surface propulsion , Computer programs , Electric propulsion , Performance(Engineering) , Mathematical models , Subroutines , Diesel engines , Generators , Rectifiers , Electric motors , Drive shafts , Propellers(Marine) , Sea water , Sea ice , Simulation , Mathematical prediction , Numerical analysis , Alternating current , Direct current , Electric governors , Control systems , Tables(Data) , Ice , Glacier class vessels