Effective Naval Power Plant Design Space Exploration

Effective Naval Power Plant Design Space Exploration

de Vos, P. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations)
de van der Schueren, T.A.R. (Pon Power Nederland)
Los, S. (Nevesbu)
Visser, K. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations)

2022

In this paper a Concept Exploration Tool (CET) for naval ship power plants is presented. The ideas behind the CET are introduced as well as the inner workings of the tool. Objective functions for different relevant design criteria (energy efficiency, emissions, signatures, etc.) are shortly discussed, after which the results for a Frigate case study will be shown. Interesting solutions that are outside the well-known zone of conventional configurations, that may lead to new insights and innovative designs, are amongst the results of the CET; demonstrating the advantages of Design Space Exploration. The main development of this CET compared to earlier versions is however in the computational effectiveness of the tool, which is amongst others made possible by so-called Intermediate Design Algorithms (IDeAs). The major improvement in computational time provides additional room for further development of the objective functions used.

Concept Exploration
Early-stage Design
Naval Power Plants (Power & Propulsion System)

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cf6b7014-0874-496f-99b3-e8b192c7e51c

https://doi.org/10.24868/10680

2515-818X

Proceedings of the International Naval Engineering Conference, 16

16th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition incorporating the International Ship Control Systems Symposium, INEC/iSCSS 2022, 2022-11-08 → 2022-11-10, Aula Congress Centre, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Delft, Netherlands

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© 2022 P. de Vos, T.A.R. de van der Schueren, S. Los, K. Visser