Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Andersen, Peter

Peter Andersen

Wolfgang Rzadki

Hannes Schulze Horn

Kay Tigges

Bjoern A Henriksen

Hans Van Mameren

Heiko Buchloh

Ulrich Voss

Christian Sillje

Michael Krahe

Kevin Schönfeldt

A hybrid propulsion system includes a main diesel engine for driving the marine turbine and an electric motor. The electric motor has a nominal output that constitutes at least 20% of the nominal output of the main diesel engine. The electric motor remains continuously switched on and maintains, together with a variable-pitch propeller, the main diesel engine at a favorable operating point. The combination of the main diesel engine and the electric motor also allows for a more economical design or operation of the propulsion system.

Hybrid ship propulsion system

A course-holding, high-speed, sea-going vessel having a hull which is intended to hold payloads or passengers and at least one rotatable, preferably electric, rudder propeller (POD) which is arranged gondola-like under the hull of the vessel and has, to supply it with power, at least one motor/generator unit which is arranged in the hull of the vessel, the hull of the vessel having at least in part a bottom which rises somewhat toward the two sides of the hull, and in that the front part of the hull is designed so as to stabilize the course and movement of the vessel and ending under water, in particular in a relatively slender bow with a bulb, and in that a flow-guiding element (skegg) is arranged upstream of each rudder propeller in order both to optimize the handling characteristics and to achieve an optimized flow against the rudder propeller, which has a displacement volume for the water flowing against the respective rudder propeller.

Course-stable, fast, sea-going ship comprising a hull that is optimized for a rudder propeller

A ship includes a ship's hull which is intended for accommodating cargo and/or people, and at least one rotatable steering propeller as a propulsion unit. The rotatable steering propeller is arranged in a connection unit in the form of a box in the stem of the ship's hull. Electrical and mechanical components for supplying power to and controlling the steering propeller and its electric motor are at least partially combined in functional modules which are in the form of a transport container. The container is designed such that it can be functionally tested, can be accepted at its point of manufacture, and can be installed in this form at any desired location in the ship based upon the container base structure.

Merchant navy vessel comprising a hull that is provided for accommodating goods and/or people

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