Self-Reconfiguration of Shipboard Power Systems

Abstract

The functioning of the Shipboard Power System (SPS) is critical to the survival and safety of the ship because many accidents occurring during ship navigation are often due to electrical failures. In smart vessels, the SPS reconfiguration consists of a variation of the electrical topology to successfully supply energy to critical services. The proposed reconfiguration procedure uses a distributed and mission-oriented approach, and it employs a generic-purpose self-adaptive middleware (MUSA). MUSA has been customized to dynamically reconfigure an SPS in case of failures or unexpected events. It allows obtaining a runtime solution that properly considers ships mission and current scenario. We also implemented an experimental setup including a Matlab/Simulink simulation of a case study from literature.