An integrated electric plant control architecture for future navy surface combatants /

(RPCs), and two high speed communication layers. The

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Stephen Ebert, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:(RPCs), and two high speed communication layers. The
a baseline electric plant configuration, the traditional
a local communication bus. The RPCs are intelligent devices
allow the LCCs to communicate on a peer-to-peer basis. When
an LCC.
assigned based on the real-time operational status of the
circumstances, the RPCs handle the rapid detection and
clearing of fault conditions. This frees the LCC to perform
communication is functional, the LCCs perform system-wide
communications network, which is essentially an Ethernet. to
compares favorably with the RPC and is almost acceptable as
containing sensing and switching capabilities. Under normal
control tasks in addition to their local load center
differential protection, load management and generation
distributed processing architecture is proposed consisting of
for terrestrial distribution feeder monitoring is compared
incipient and high impedance fault detection, load center
independent control and protection systems are evaluated in
LCC. If an LCC is too busy to perform system-wide control
life cycle costs and improved performance. A bi-level
light of the expected needs of the customer. In addition to
load center controllers (LCCs), remote power controllers
more complex tasks such as postfault system reconfiguration,
on its priority. The LCCs do not interface with the electric
performed on a prioritized basis. The priorities are
philosophy of the architecture is to utilize the ship-wide
plant directly, instead they each control multiple RPCs over
presently one of the most advanced systems in use. It
protection and control tasks are the highest priority of each
protection tasks. The various tasks are allocated and
RPC have not been developed, a commercial product intended
scheduling. The LCCs, RPCs, and their interaction under
ship and electric plant. In all cases, the local load center
survivability, these needs include requirements of reduced
tasks, the task assignment algorithm either finds another LCC
The emphasis by the U.S. Navy on the survivability of its
to perform the task, or the task goes uncompleted, depending
unconventional control and protection systems. Working from
various conditions are described in detail. Since the LCC and
warships' electric plants has prompted the investigation into
with the LCC and RPC specifications. This device is
Item Description:"Major subject: Electrical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 66 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.