2020 Industry Guidelines for calculation and verification of EEDI

6.4 Total shaft power with shaft motors

In the case where shaft motor(s) are installed, the same guiding principles as explained for
shaft generators, above, apply. But in contrast to shaft generators, motors do increase the
total power to the propulsor and do increase ships speed and therefore must be included in
the total shaft power within the EEDI calculation. The total shaft power is thus main engine(s)
power plus the additional shaft motor(s) power:

Where:

, 0.75 ,

and PME may be 0( ero) if the ship is a diesel-electric cruise passenger ship.

Similar to the shaft generators, only 75% of the rated power consumption PSM,max (i.e. rated
motor output divided by the motor efficiency) of each shaft motor divided by the weighted
average efficiency of the generator(s) Gen is taken into account for EEDI calculation3.
0.75 ,

Figure 1.1 provides the notations used for the power and efficiencies used in IMO Calculation
Guidelines and the present document.

Figure 1.1 flow of power in a generic shaft motor installation

A power limitation similar to that described above for shaft generators can also be used for
shaft motors. So if a verified technical measure is in place to limit the propulsion output, only
75% of limited power is to be used for EEDI calculation and also for that limited power Vref is
determined.

3
The efficiency of shaft generators in the previous section has consciously not been taken into account in
the denominator as inefficient generator(s) would increase the deductible power.

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