Research on the Application of Electric Propulsion on Ships and Relevant System Design

The paper briefly reviews the development history of electric propulsion application on ships and compares the electric propulsion system with general machinery propulsion systems.After introducing the general application cases on many kinds of ships,some main items from system-design viewpoint are put forward,which should be thought of or paid attention to during the design time of the usual ship electric propulsion system,including the configure of propulsion installation,choice of propulsion mode,power station,voltage,power management system,THC control,maneuvering system and the interfaces with other system etc.