Machine learning in Maritime Technology: Energy storage size reduction using load forecasting for pipelaying vessels

During dynamic positioning operations, vessels typically run with an extra generator (spinning reserve) for redundancy purposes such that no single fault will cause the vessel to lose its position or heading. As a result, all other engines on the grid share the load equally to ensure that if a failure were to occur, the remaining healthy...

Investment Costs Reduction of Marine Energy Storage using Smart Power Generation Control

To reduce global warming and air pollution, the maritime industry is searching for solutions to reduce fuel consumption. This thesis focuses on the reduction of generator running hours and fuel consumption of Dynamically Positioned (DP) vessels. In this ship type, redundancy of the power generation system is regularly achieved by running on one...

Development of a multiple input power conversion system for the DeciZebro

The DeciZebro is a six-legged autonomous robot is being developed by the Zebro team at the TU Delft. The robot should become autonomous and be able to "feed" itself like a real animal. Currently, it is only possible to charge the DeciZebro using a laptop charger. The goal is to allow the robot to charge itself without human intervention using a...

Important Issues and Economic Study of Ship DC Distribution System with Variable-Speed Diesel Generator

In a traditional AC distribution system, the synchronous frequencies of the generators are coupled with the system frequency, and thus the diesel engines are kept at a constant speed. In a Dynamic Positioning (DP) vessel such as a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), the diesel engines sometimes work at the partial load condition. The efficiency of...