Several power architectures have been considered for Navy ships and significant effort has been focused on simulation of the various power system topologies. The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) has taken a step forward by assembling a microgrid capable of operating at MW power levels to experimentally validate key elements of these system models. The present system is an MVDC architecture but can easily be reconfigured as an HFAC network. This paper describes the UT-CEM microgrid and plans to demonstrate critical technical issues in naval power systems and enable model validation. The intent is for the microgrid to be a flexible test bed for investigation of naval power systems and to become a useful bridge from theoretical and computer studies to a realistic experimental platform.


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    Title :

    Flexible test bed for MVDC and HFAC electric ship power system architectures for Navy ships


    Contributors:
    Herbst, J D (author) / Gattozzi, A L (author) / Ouroua, A (author) / Uriarte, F M (author)


    Publication date :

    2011-04-01


    Size :

    1224134 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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