ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF SHIP MOTOR DRIVEN SYSTEMS. HIGH EFFICIENT MOTORS AND DRIVES

The purpose of this paper is to show potential measures and practices for energy savings and to give recommendations for energy efficiency improvement of ship motor driven systems. For overall energy efficiency improvement of the ship is essential for companies to implement specific energy policy and to develop an energy management plan. As the motor driven systems are the largest energy consumer on ship optimisation of the performance of these systems will provide greatest energy savings. For achieving efficiency optimization it is necessary to determine baseline data of the system, identify and implement the most appropriate measures and practices.