Patent SG-11201805733U-A (SG)
Title: Vessel energy management system
Inventor: GJERPE PAUL FREDRIK
IPC: B63H21/21
Filed: 2017-01-16
Abstract: Shipservice power F- 11a Aux. engine F-12a (4 _ Aux. engine 11b k-12b Aux. engine k-12c G 11c (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 July 2017 (27.07.2017) WIPO I PCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/125359 Al 1IIIII11111111011101011101111000111II III 0111011011 0111111110 11111111111 0111111 (51) International Patent Classification: B63H 21/1 7 (2006.01) B63H 21/21 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2017/050826 (22) International Filing Date: 16 January 2017 (16.01.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 16152131.5 20 January 2016 (20.01.2016) EP 1607785.1 4 May 2016 (04.05.2016) GB (71) Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT [DE/DE]; Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Miinchen (DE). (72) Inventors: GJERPE, Paul Fredrik; Setra vei 3, 0786 Oslo (NO). VOSS, Wolfgang; Lohbeet 1, 91097 Ober- reichenbach (DE). (74) Agent: MAIER, Daniel; Postfach 22 16 34, 80506 Miinchen (DE). = (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) W O 20 17 / 125 35 9 Al (54) Title: VESSEL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FIG 1 4 9 8 c s T3 Main engine 13 cr, 2 5 7 Cr) Energy Storage (57) : A vessel energy management system for controlling power supply to and from a propulsion system of a vessel, the energy management system (4) comprising a motor/generator unit (5) adapted to receive power from a prime mover (1) of the vessel; a frequency converter (6); an energy storage unit (7) and a controller; wherein the energy storage unit (7) comprises one or more ca- pacitors, super capacitors or ultra capacitors (68); wherein the controller of the energy management system (4) determines an instant - aneous power requirement of the propulsion system and average power generated by the prime mover (1); a comparator to compare the instantaneous required power and average power; wherein if the instantaneous required power exceeds the average power, the motor/generator unit (5) receives energy from the energy storage unit; and, wherein if the instantaneous required power is less than the average power, the motor/generator unit supplies power from the prime mover to the energy storage unit.