THE HISTORICAL PROCESS OF THE DIESEL ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM
Abstract
The harmful effects of gas emissions, resulting from the consumption of fossil fuels, on the environment continue to increase. In order to reduce these effects, new regulations are implemented in the field of maritime and it is getting harder to comply with these regulations. The fact that the technological developments in conventional propulsion systems come to a head and become insufficient especially when environmental factors are taken into consideration, has led researchers to work in the field of electrical propulsion systems. There are many studies examining the historical process and development of electrical propulsion systems. In this literature study, the history of the Diesel-Electric propulsion system, which has an important place in electrical propulsion systems, is explained and the change and development of this system, especially in the last 20 years, and its comparison with other electrical propulsion systems are discussed. It has been shown that Diesel-Electric propulsion system, which has succeeded to be an important propulsion system alternative for many ship types, can have different advantages with technological developments
Keywords
Electrical Propulsion Systems, Diesel-Electric Propulsion System, Emissions, Fuel Consumption, Cost Efficiency
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