Assessment of Energy Savings With Variable Speed Drives in Ship's Cooling Pumps

• Published in: IEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 1288 - 1298
• Main Authors: Lee, Chien-Hsing, Liu, Zhi-Wei, Chen, Chien-Nan, Cho, Ming-Yuan, Lin, Foung-Tang, Jiang, Joe-Air
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Cooling; Cooling pump; energy savings; Heat engines; Heat transfer; Heating; Marine vehicles; Valves; variable speed drives; energy savings; Cooling pump; variable speed drives

The main objective of this study is to assess the potential for energy savings in the cooling water circuit of a vessel through the use of variable speed drives (VSDs). A small-scale cooling system was set up in the laboratory and relevant tests were carried out by simulating field conditions. Moreo...