Increasing environmental concerns are driving the shipping industry to take strict measures
to deal with greenhouse gas emissions. International Maritime Organization drives the …

In recent years, concerns about severe environmental pollution and fossil fuel consumption
has grabbed attention in the transportation industry, particularly in marine vessels. Another …

DC distribution is now becoming the major trend of future mobile power systems, such as
more-electric aircrafts and ships. As dc distribution has different nature to the conventional …

The evolution of the use of electricity in marine vessels is presented and discussed in this
paper in an historical perspective. The historical account starts with its first commercial use …

The cheap quality fuel used by diesel engines in marine vessels during a stay at berth is an
environmental threat, and its widespread gaseous emissions are harmful to human health …

Current trends in both commercial and military ship development have focused on ship
electrification. A challenge for electric-ship propulsion systems, however, is large propulsion …

In this paper, for supporting the medium voltage dc (MVDC) shipboard power system, an
energy storage management (ESM) system based on fuzzy logic (FL) has been proposed …

Ship microgrids have recently received increased attention, mainly due to the extensive use
of power electronically interfaced loads and sources. Characteristics of these microgrids are …

Hybrid energy storage systems have been widely used in transportation, microgrid and
renewable energy applications to improve system efficiency and enhance reliability …

At sea, the electrical power system of a ship can be considered as an islanded microgrid.
When connected to shore power at berth, the same power system acts as a grid connected …