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Electric drives of contemporary battleships
Zoran Nikolić Radoslav Nikolić
This paper shows electric power transmission on battleships as a result of the latest technology developments. It also considers the AES (All Electric Ship) concept on battleships. It describes modern electrically driven battleships, i.e. gives details of electric drive systems from electric power production to ship propeller drives as well as some advantages of electric drive system of ships’ propellers.
Key words: battleship, electric drive, POD drives, cycloconverter, inverter.
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