@article{GENERAL,
      author = {Edge, W and Partridge, R and Maxeiner, E},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7554},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of EAAW},
      title = {Refining the Power Station Design of the All-Electric  Warship},
      abstract = {The next generation of large surface combatants will  feature a number of challenging hurdles with regards to  performance, complexity and capability whilst being mindful  of tomorrow’s fiscal pressures. Over the past two  decades, new warship programmes have focussed on more  complex, multi-role capabilities necessitating more  adaptable mission and platform systems. With  tomorrow’s vessels facing a service life between  35-50 years the selected power systems need to be  sympathetic of today’s requirements as well as  through life technology insertion for tomorrow’s  needs. To facilitate this, a number of tomorrow’s  warships are looking to adopt an all-electric architecture  making use of developing energy storage technologies and  more power dense prime movers. Whilst this in itself is no  revelation, the impact that electric weapons and sensors  have on an electrical power system, as well as the added  costs incurred through provision of electrical margins,  means it becomes imperative that design experience, lessons  learnt, and evolving technologies are all considered during  the concept design phase. Electrification of warships has  been commonplace since the early 1990s and in-service  experiences on platforms with Integrated Power Systems  (IPS) are now informing the requirement set for their  replacement vessels. The DDG1000 Destroyer as an example,  at sea since 2013, has yielded some valuable insights in  areas of design optimisation and resilience that can  benefit future combatant types. These experiences and the  proven products on board these vessels will be augmented by  new technologies and configured as part of new  architectures to service the new types of loads that  accompany the deployment of high energy weapons and  sensors. Meeting these demands in an affordable, efficient,  resilient and reliable manner will be key to ensuring the  future platform’s success and longevity. This paper  aims to visit the key in-service experiences of  today’s all electric ships whilst considering core  aspects of future ‘second generation’ all  electric ship design. This will include the need for power  system ‘granularity’; investigating the  building blocks of power generation that make up these  complex systems, whilst analysing the maturity of their  constituent parts and the enabling technologies that make  these systems possible.},
      number = {GENERAL},
      recid = {7554},
      address = {2019-07-03},
}