TY - GEN AB - Historically, ships have relied on large diesel and gas-turbine generators to supply electrical power. The loads deployed have been largely continuous and predictable allowing the generators to be run efficiently while maintaining acceptable power quality. Future electrical loads may operate with much less predictability and simply scaling up the size or even the number of large generators may not be the most effective way to meet this demand. Instead, it could be much more feasible to install more smaller generators that can be actively controlled according to priorities set by the power system operator. If controlled properly, it is possible to optimize efficiency, reduce maintenance costs, and increase usable life. Integration of energy storage may provide ride through support required to bring up additional generation in the event of an outage. In the work documented here, intelligent control is being used to study this approach for optimizing multiple small generators. AD - University of Texas at Arlington AD - University of Texas at Arlington AD - University of Texas at Arlington AD - University of Texas at Arlington AU - Johnston, A AU - Wetz, D AU - Jennings, N AU - Scoggin, S DA - 2022-10-13 DO - 10.24868/10733 DO - doi ID - 10733 JF - Conference Proceedings of iSCSS KW - Microgrid KW - MV Power Distribution KW - Power System Control KW - Power Electronics KW - Energy Storage L1 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10733/files/10733.pdf L2 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10733/files/10733.pdf L4 - https://library.imarest.org/record/10733/files/10733.pdf LK - https://library.imarest.org/record/10733/files/10733.pdf N2 - Historically, ships have relied on large diesel and gas-turbine generators to supply electrical power. The loads deployed have been largely continuous and predictable allowing the generators to be run efficiently while maintaining acceptable power quality. Future electrical loads may operate with much less predictability and simply scaling up the size or even the number of large generators may not be the most effective way to meet this demand. Instead, it could be much more feasible to install more smaller generators that can be actively controlled according to priorities set by the power system operator. If controlled properly, it is possible to optimize efficiency, reduce maintenance costs, and increase usable life. Integration of energy storage may provide ride through support required to bring up additional generation in the event of an outage. In the work documented here, intelligent control is being used to study this approach for optimizing multiple small generators. PY - 2022-10-13 T1 - Intelligent Control of Multiple Small Electric Generator Sets TI - Intelligent Control of Multiple Small Electric Generator Sets UR - https://library.imarest.org/record/10733/files/10733.pdf VL - iSCSS 2022 Y1 - 2022-10-13 ER -