ABB to install first ever DC-based electric solution for a vessel [Mar 2012]

March 22, 2012 5:20 am

Power and automation technology group, ABB has won an order from ship owner Myklebusthaug Management to supply the first ever DC power grid on board a ship. The equipment will allow a new offshore platform support vessel, under construction in Norway, to operate at the highest energy efficiency level to minimise emissions.
In traditional electrical propulsion vessels, multiple DC connections are made to thrusters and propulsion drives from an AC circuit, accounting for more than 80 per cent of electrical power consumption. ABB’s Onboard DC Grid represents a step forward in optimised propulsion by distributing power through a single DC circuit providing significant power savings.

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