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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2011
Ambra Sannino, Västerås, SE;
Georgios Demetriades, Västerås, SE;
Lars Hultqvist, Västerås, SE;
Ola Norén, Olso, NO;
Ambra Sannino, Västerås, SE;
Georgios Demetriades, Västerås, SE;
Lars Hultqvist, Västerås, SE;
Ola Norén, Olso, NO;
ABB Research Ltd., , CH;
Abstract
A system for supplying electric power from an AC power source to ships, each of the ships moored at a respective berth of a quay, the system including a rectifier, having an AC and DC side, for converting AC electric power from the AC power source to DC power, the AC side arranged to be connected to the AC power source, and a plurality of ship connection arrangements for supplying electric power to a respective ship, each of the ship connection arrangements placed at one of the berths and including an inverter configurable to output AC power at a first or a second frequency and a ship connector for connecting the ship. A DC distribution network connected to the DC side of the rectifier and the rectifier is placed at a distance from the quay and each of the inverters is connected to the DC distribution network is also contemplated.