In Korea, five major ports have been designated as sulfur oxide emission control areas to reduce air pollutant emissions, in accordance with Article 10 of the “Special Act on Port Air Quality” and Article 32 of the “Ship Pollution Prevention Regulations”. As regulations against vesseloriginated air pollutants (such as PM, CO2, NOx, and SOx) have been strengthened, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries(MOF) enacted rules that newly built public ships should adopt eco-friendly propulsion systems. However, particularly in diesel–electric hybrid propulsion systems,the demand for precise control schemes continues to grow as the fuel saving rate significantly varies depending on the control strategy applied. The conventional Power Take In–Power Take Off(PTI–PTO) mode control adopts a rule-based strategy, but this strategy is applied only in the low-load range and PTI mode; thus, an additional method is required to determine the optimal fuel consumption point. The proposed control method is designed to optimize fuel consumption by applying the equivalent consumption minimization strategy(ECMS) to the PTI–PTO mode by considering the characteristics of the specific fuel oil consumption(SFOC) of the engine in a diesel–electric hybrid propulsion system. To apply this method, a specific fishing vessel model operating on the Korean coast was selected to simulate the load operation environment of the ship. In this study, a 10.2% reduction was achieved in the MATLAB/SimDrive and SimElectric simulation by comparing the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of the ship to which the conventional rule-based strategy was applied and that to which the ECMS was applied.

국제해사기구에서는 선박에서 배출되는 질소산화물 및 이산화탄소 등에 관한 환경규제를 꾸준하게 강화하고 있다. 이에 친환 경 요소를 바탕으로 하는 전기추진시스템의 수요가 증가하고 다양한 선박에 적용되며 연구개발이 꾸준하게 진행되고 있다. 전기추진시스 템은 신뢰성을 높이고 선내 배치를 용이하게 하기 위한 이중화 구성이 주로 채택되며 실제 장비나 공간을 가상 세계에 쌍둥이처럼 구현 하고 현실 세계의 정보와 데이터를 가상 세계와 통합하여 실제 환경에서 발생할 수 있는 상황을 컴퓨터로 시뮬레이션 함으로써 결과를 미리 예측할 수 있는 디지털트윈 기술의 접목을 통하여 전기추진시스템의 안전성 확보를 위한 연구 또한 매우 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기추진선박의 디지털트윈 기술개발을 위한 전력관리시스템 이중화에 대한 검증을 FMEA를 바탕으로 분석 후 선급에서 제시하는 이중화 FMEA 기준을 바탕으로 실제 선박 운항 조건에서 전력관리시스템의 단일 장비 고장의 일차 피해와 이차 피해 및 전체 시스템의 영향을 분석하여 추가 피해를 방지하기 위한 보상기능으로 전력관리시스템의 역할과 알고리즘을 제안하였으며 실제 테스트를 통해 추진력 보존이 개선되었음을 검증하였다.

CFRP는 경량화 소재로 각광받고 있으며, 해양산업에서도 고급요트와 특수목적 선박 등에 사용되고 있다. 전기추진체계 또한 친환경 추진 방법으로써, 요트와 소형 여객선 등의 주 추진계로 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 소형선박의 선체소재와 추진계를 각각 CFRP와 전동기로 교체하였을 때의 경량화 효과를 정량적으로 비교분석하였다. 45ft GFRP 선박을 대상으로 사례연구를 수행하였으며, 선체소재를 설계원안과 동일 함침율 기준의 CFRP로 재설계하였고, 추진계는 설계원안의 동일 마력, 항해거리를 유지할 수 있도록 전동기와 배터리 시스템을 설계하였다. 연구결과 CFRP 소재는 선각을 45 % 정도 경량화 할 수 있었고, 전기추진체계는 기관부를 58% 경량화 할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 다만 전기추진체계의 경우, 디젤 추진체계의 항해거리를 확보하기 위하여 상당한 양의 배터리 팩을 필요로 하기 때문에, 현실적인 수준에서의 경량화 실효성은 없는 것으로 확인되었다.

The small coastal vessel registered in Korea, small coastal vessels with a gross tonnage of 10 tons or less account for 94.6 % and among them, aged vessels over 16 years age indicate 40.6 %. In order to reduce GHG emissions from small coast vessels, discussions are underway to replace aging ships' propulsion units with eco - friendly propulsion facilities, and the electric propulsion ship is emerging as one of the measures. The electric propulsion system using the DFE rectifier, which was applied in the conventional large commercial vessel, was effective in reducing the harmonics and improving the DC output voltage of the DC link stage, but it occupied a large volume and caused an increase in the overall system price. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an electric propulsion system using AFE rectifier with a small volume of system that can be applied to a small coastal vessel. In order to analyze the effectiveness of the overall system, the load profile was applied to obtain accurate and rapid speed tracking performance of the propulsion motor affected by the speed load. In addition, the power factor and total harmonic distortion factor of the voltage and current on the improved power output side are derived through simulation.

Recently, the outboard engine system of internal combustion engine is widely used in the field of small ship propulsion. However, the internal combustion engine has serious problems of energy depletion and environmental problems, so electric propulsion methods are being studied. In this paper, we have developed important motors and controllers of electric propulsion system for small marine outboard motors. The motor design was performed through the motor characteristics analysis method, and the 30Kw system was developed through the BEMF processing circuit and the power conversion circuit by the embedded microprocessor. This study was carried out through government supported projects and achieved quantitative targets through accredited institutions.