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This paper presents an approach to performing thermalelectrical coupled co-simulation of hybrid power system and
cooling system of future all-electric Navy ships. The goal is
to study the transient interactions between the electrical and
the thermal sub-systems. The approach utilizes an existing
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) / Gas Turbine (GT) hybrid
electrical power model and the ship cooling system model
developed on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) platform at
University of South Carolina. The integrated system
simulation approach merges the thermal modeling capacity
with the electrical modeling capacity in the same platform.
The paper first briefly discusses the dynamic SOFC / GT
hybrid engine system combined with propulsion plant
model. It then describes ship cooling system model and the
interactions between the electrical and the thermal subsystems. A simple application scenario has been
implemented and analyzed to illustrate the simulation.
Dynamic responses of coupled thermal-electrical systems
are explored under a step change of the service load to
reveal important system interactions.
Keywords: thermal-electrical co-simulation, SOFC, hybrid
power system, ship cooling system, thermal modeling
1.
INTRODUCTION
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Since these models are available, comprehensive thermalelectrical coupled transient simulations of electric ship
systems will be possible. The object of this paper is to
combine the hybrid power system model with the ship
cooling system model and perform co-simulation to study
their interactions behavior during transient events. In
addition to the details on how to connect the different
system models, an illustrative example simulation is given
which demonstrates the transient behavior of the large scale
combined system.
LAYOUT OF THE TWO SYSTEMS AND THEIR
CONNECTION
Power
Generation
Seawater
Central
Loop
LHS
PCM
Converter
GEN
Ship Service
Combat Systems
GEN
Motor
SOFC Stack
Freshwater
Seawater
HEX Unit
Seawater
Central
Loop
Motor
GT Set
LHS
PCM
Hot Freshwater
Power
Consumption
SOFC Stack
GT Set
PCM
LHS
PCM
Cold Freshwater
LHS
2.
Converter
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Motor
GEN
Heat Sink
GT
Load
Distribution
Ship
Service
Heat Sink
Heat Sink
GT
GEN
SOFC
Heat Sink
Motor
Heat
Exchanger
Thermal Port
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PCM_1
PCM_2
Valve
Controller
PCM_5
PCM_6
LOAD
SOFC stack
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T [oC]
PCM 6 / PCM 7
PCM 1 / PCM 4
Losses [W]
T [oC]
PCM 1 / PCM 4
PCM 2 / PCM 3
Losses [W]
PCM 2 / PCM 3
T [oC]
PCM 5 / PCM 8
Time [s]
PCM 5 / PCM 8
Losses [W]
Losses [W]
Total thermal loss of system
Time
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REFERENCES
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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
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Time [s]
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CONCLUSION
This paper presented an integrated approach for electrothermal simulation. A simple simulation scenario by
combining the hybrid power generation and ships
propulsion model with a zonal cooling model on VTB
platform has been implemented and partially tested. While
the simplified example simulation did reveal some insights
into the system interactions as a step change of the service
load. The main goal of this research is to assess dynamic
issues in a complex system such as an All Electric Ship on
VTB platform. Though it is simplified, this paper outlined a
typical portion of such a configuration for the whole ship
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS