Performance Analysis of Total Machine System and Electrical Power System Concepts and Associated Technologies

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Type of Award: SBIR Phase III, Level of Effort (LOE)/Delivery Order (DO)

Contract Number: N61533-94-D-0028

Lead-In Phase II: N61533-898-C-0062

Awards:
DO 001:
DO 002:
DO 003:
DO 004:

Subcontractors: Purdue, UMR, and UWM

Agencies: U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center

Status: Completed.

Period: 6/30/94 to 6/30/99

Principal Investigator: Paul Krause

Brief Description and Purpose: It became clear that computer simulation would play a major role in the Navy’s Advanced Surface Machinery and the Advanced Electrical Power System programs at CDNSWC. In particular, accurate computer simulations could be used advantageously in all stages of component and system design and development. Simulation is a necessity if concurrent design and development (concurrent engineering) is to succeed. Since 1987, P C. Krause and Associates (PCKA) had been involved in the development of computer models for the Navy (NSWC). The need for simulation in the Navy’s engineering approach to advanced machinery and electrical systems coupled with the fact that PCKA had been instrumental in developing the present simulation capability of NSWC provided the basis for this contract. PCKA provided the Navy with engineering services in the area of detailed and reduced-order modeling and analysis of components/systems which were being contemplated and/or developed in the advanced machinery and electrical systems programs. Since PCKA had not  been  involved with manufacturers other than through or with the Government agency. This enables PCKA to provide an independent evaluation since the personnel associated with PCKA had not received corporate grants or contracts from manufacturers which could be construed as a conflict of interest. Here, again, PCKA was successfully casted  in the role of an honest broker.

DO 001 Reports:

  • “Modeling of EATON Advanced Modular Power (AMP) Converters”, 11/15/94, 4/11/95, 4/24/95, 1/18/96, and 3/7/96
  • “Induction Motor Drive Simulation”, 8/2/95

DO 002 Reports:

  • “Modeling of (GE’s) Six and Twelve Phase Generator/Rectifier Systems”, 1/18/96
  • “Modeling of the Westinghouse 6-Phase Generator/Rectifier”,  3/7/96

DO 003 Reports:

  • “Short-Circuit Response of Westinghouse  6-Phase Generator/Rectifier System”, 7/14/97
  • “Modeling Update of Westinghouse  6-Phase Generator/Rectifier System”, 7/20/97, 11/8/99, 11/10/99
  • “Modeling of the Bettis Compatibility Test Facility with Updated Models of the PSG and Eaton Inverters and Converters”, 7/6/98
  • “Westinghouse Six-Phase Generator/Rectifier System DC Impedance Measurements Report”, 7/27/98
  • “Final Update of PSG Inverter and EATON Converter and Inverter Models”, 9/26/99

DO 004 Reports:

  • “Emergency Diesel Generator Faulted Diode Report”, 1/11/99
  • “Multi-Level Power Conversion; Modeling and Analysis”, 12/29/99
  • “Modeling of the Westinghouse Excitation/Generation Systems”, 1/4/00
  • “Dynamic Average-Value Modeling of a Four-Level Drive System”, IEEE-IAS Paper, 10/00