Modeling, simulation and experimental validation of a generation system for Medium-Voltage DC Integrated Power Systems

In this paper, a demonstrative technological implementation of a shipboard 2.15 MVA generation system is described along with its modeling, numeric simulation and some factory tests. The system, named Naval Package (NP), is part of a demonstrative programme commissioned by Italian Navy for preliminary evaluations of Medium-Voltage DC (MVDC) supply technologies aimed at equipping her future vessels. The NP is made by a dual-star alternator, whose two stator three-phase windings respectively feed two diode-rectifier full-bridges. The alternator (rated speed 6300 rpm) is designed to be moved by a 22000 rpm gas turbine through a gearbox. This paper will present NP innovative issues, with reference to design solutions, operative requirements, dynamic modeling under normal and faulty conditions and some factory tests.

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