A Digitised Exploration into the Design Space of Naval Power Plants: Optimal Power Plant Selection based on Ship and Client

The design space of power plants of naval surface vessels is ever expanding. As a result, the design space has become too large for a human design team to fully explore. Therefore, a concept exploration tool is introduced to generate and evaluate all possible concepts within the design space. An optimal solution is chosen based on ship...

Charge air configurations for propulsion diesel engines aboard fast naval combatants: a simulation study on efficiency and performance

The time a naval combatant can be deployed for a mission is limited by its dependency on supplies. At a certain point the ship needs to leave the area of operations to be replenished in a harbour or by a support ship. Moreover, the Royal Netherlands Navy has a societal obligation to reduce its environmental impact, in particular on global...