PC-Based Modeling and Simulation of Large Marine Propulsion Plant

Abstract

At present, most of marine engine room simulators (MERS) in the world are based on networking technology. But such MERS needs much money and large space to install and use. So it can not meet the demand of the training individually in spare time for the crew. So a simulation system of a PC-Based marine propulsion plant has been developed for training. In this paper, a transient simulation model for large marine propulsion system was proposed. At the same time, the marine propulsion plant control, fuel system, cooling water and etc are also developed in the simulation system. The model is a modularized structure and the modules describing system’s components can be added to it easily. And related subsystems of marine propulsion plant are also established in this simulation system. The simulation experiments demonstrate the steady and dynamic results matching properly the voyage trial ones. The model can be used for marine propulsion plant performance analyzing and prediction.