Ship&Offshore | Issue 05/2013
Redundant control units for diesel-electric propulsion systems
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION New concepts for optimising drive redundancy and reliability are being developed all the time, and the integration of new functions is resulting in ongoing improvement of the necessary control units. The following article by Verena Franzen, from the Development Drives and Special Systems division of SAM Electronics GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, and Burkhard Staudacker, key account manager at Bachmann electronic GmbH in Feldkirch, Austria, presents an innovative drive concept exemplified by a cruise vessel.