Cold Ironing Power System design and electrical safety

Abstract

Cold Ironing Power System design requires unique components to supply shore power to ships for "cold ironing" operation. Currently; development of new standards are in progress and operating procedures are being written to maximize electrical safety, standardization of the process and interchangeability from one location to another. This paper describes the power system design including power system protection scheme which should enhance the electrical safety by design. Power system grounding, equipment grounding, and touch potential that can impact personnel safety are described. A very basic outline of the operating procedures and training needed for the operators to maximize electrical safety during cold ironing operation are also included in the paper. In addition, paper provides the current status of the Draft IEC/ISO/IEEE Standards 80005-1 [5] and 80005-2[6].

A Novel Intelligent Shore-to-Ship Power Supply System Using Collaborative Motor Control

“…In order to reduce the emission of harbor pollutants, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has already put new regulatory standards into legislation (Paul et al, 2012;Coppola et al, 2016). At present, measures to reduce ship pollutant emissions include the use of low-sulfur fuel or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as auxiliary engine fuel, the use of scrubbers, the use of shore-to-ship power, and so on (Sciberras et al, 2015;Vicenzutti et al, 2015;Paul et al, 2017).…”