The shipboard electrical system design process consists of concept design, preliminary design, detail design, design development, design verification, installation, and commissioning. Design engineers must understand the difference between industrial and ship applications of high voltage and high power. Design engineers must address these problems as uniform across all applications including shipbuilding; however, they should not arbitrarily consider the same solutions, as shipboard power generation and distribution fundamentals are different. Shipboard electrical system design and development has become very challenging due to complex electrical power generation and distribution requirements including higher voltage, high power, and adjustable speed propulsion drives. Design verification must be traceable to a point that qualitative failure analysis (QFA) and design verification test procedure (DVTP) could be tied to each system as a deliverable. The design verification and validation process must be traceable to operational scenarios so they are consistent with the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) of the ship.
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2018-04-05
36 pages
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English