In compliance with environmental regulations at sea and the introduction of unmanned autonomous ships, electric propulsion ships are garnering significant attention. Induction machines used as propulsion electric motor (PEM) have maintenance advantages, but speed control is very complicated and difficult. One of the most commonly used techniques for speed control is DTC (direct torque control). DTC is simple in the reference frame transformation and the stator flux calculation. Meanwhile, two-level and three-level voltage source inverters (VSI) are predominantly used. The three-level VSI has more flexibility in voltage space vector selection compared to the two-level VSI. In this paper, speed is controlled using the DTC method based on the specifications of the PEM. The speed controller employs a PI controller with anti-windup functionality. In addition, the characteristics of the two-level VSI and three-level VSI are compared under identical conditions. It was confirmed through simulation that proper control of speed and torque has been achieved. In particular, the torque ripple was small and control was possible with a low DC voltage at low speed in the three-level VSI. The study confirmed that the application of DTC, using a three-level VSI, contributes to enhancing the system's response performance.

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.