Abstract
This paper focuses on the design stage of an electrical energy storage system which is intended to be used to level the power required by ships for propulsion when sailing in irregular seas. Particularly, a preliminary analysis has been carried out aimed at choosing, between two storage technologies namely battery and ultracapacitor, the more adequate storage system for the levelling action with respect to the period of the sea waves. A sizing procedure based upon a Hilbert transform decomposition of load demand is used. More specifically, a specified threshold frequency has been identified such that, power fluctuations related to irregular seas which are characterized by frequencies higher than the specified threshold, indicate the ultracapacitor as the more appropriate device for load levelling. For sizing the storage device, the load demand has been decomposed into two signals without overlapping frequencies. An optimal control strategy is proposed, by exploiting the decomposition of the load power, which allows simulating ultracapacitor real-time operation within the previously determined size constraints. Numerical results have been carried out referring to a Ro-Pax ferry powered by an electrical motor.
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