AUTOMATIC POWER

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PRESENTED BY:

ASHWANI KUMAR, EAP-3 , 181793-T

SUDIP KARMAKAR, EAP-3, 181791-N
CHEAP ‘Q’ COURSE

GUDIED BY:- SK MISHRA, EAP-3

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 AUTOMATIC POWER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• INTRODUCTION
• POWER MANAGEMENT

• AUTOMATIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (APMS)

• TYPICAL APMS CONFIGURAION
• ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SHIPBORNE
APMS

• CONCLUSION
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 INTRODUCTION

ENERGY PROVIDES THE WAY TO PROGRESS. THE

TOPIC COVERS THE CONCEPT OF AUTOMATION IN
POWER MANAGEMENT ONBOARD SHIPS. THE EFFICIENT
UTILISATION, MONITORING AND CONTROL OF POWER
WILL HELP IN ECONOMY, CONSUMPTION OF FUEL AND
ALSO REDUCTION IN MANPOWER.

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 POWER MANAGEMENT

• POWER MANAGEMENT IN GENERAL IS CONCEPT OF

LIMITING OF LOAD ON GENERATORS TO CONSERVE
ENERGY. IN MORE DETAILED ASPECTS, POWER
MANAGEMENT IS DEPENDENT ON FOLLOWING
FACTORS,

• ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT POWER GENERATION.

• EFFICIENT POWER TRANSMISSION.

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• EFFICIENT POWER DISTRIBUTION.
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FACTORS DETERMINE THE EFFICIENT
POWER MANAGEMENT
• SELECTION OF SOURCE.
• REDUNDANCY OF SOURCE.
• LOCATION OF SOURCE AND CONSUMER.
• SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGY.
• INSULATION CRITERIA.
• PROTECTION OF EQUIPMENT.
• OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES.
• ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
• GENERAL AWARENESS.

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AUTOMATIC POWER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• AUTOMATIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (APMS) IS
GENERAL IS COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEM DESIGNED TO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ON ALL KNOWN DATA,
COMPARISON WITH ACTUAL DATA ON GROUND, TAKE
DECISIONS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION TO ACHIEVE
PREDETERMINED OBJECTIVES IS A POWER SYSTEM.

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 OBJECTIVES OF APMS

• OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF POWER.

• REDUCTION IN MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS.

• REAL TIME PGD MONITORING AND CONTROL.

• REGULATION OF POWER DURING EMERGENCIES.

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 FUNCTIONS OF APMS

• GENERATOR PROTECTION.

• LOAD DEPENDENT START/STOP.

• AUTO SYNCHRONIZING OF GENERATORS.

• AUTOMATIC LOAD SHARING.

• MANUAL CONTROL OF PGD SYSTEMS FROM

REMOTE LOCATION.

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TYPICAL APMS CONFIGURATION

APMS TYPICALLY HAVE FOUR MAJOR ELEMENTS. THEY ARE

• MASTER TERMINAL UNIT (MTU)

• REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT (RTU)

• COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

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 TYPICAL APMS SYSTEM

RTU RTU RTU RTU

RT RT
U U

OPERATOR
CONSOLE

MDU
MTU
SERVER

PRINTER

SERVE
R

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 FUTURE SCOPE OF APMS
ONBOARD SHIPS

• WE CAN WIDEN THE SCOPE OF CONVENTIONAL APMS

BY INTEGRATING FIRE/FLOOD SYSTEM TO THE APMS.
THIS WOULD FACILITATE IN TAKING PRELIMINARY
ACTION OF SWITCHING ON/OFF OF
EQUIPMENTS/SUPPLIES IN THE VICINITY OF
FIRE/FLOOD AS A PREVENTION ACTION DURING
EMERGENCIES.

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 ADVANTAGES

• THE OVERALL ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE SHIP IS

IMPROVED.
• THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF MANPOWER AT SEA
WOULD REDUCE CONSIDERABLY.
• REDUCED MAINTENANCE.
• AUTOMATIC DATA LOGGING FACILITIES RECORD
MAINTENANCE.

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DISADVANTAGES

• SPARES MANAGEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE

CONSIDERED BECAUSE RTUS WOULD BE COMPLEX
MODULES OR PCBS AND EVENTUALLY ARE EXPENSIVE.

• REPAIR AT SEA WOULD BE POSSIBLE BY

REPLACEMENT.

• APMS IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM, THEREBY SPECIAL

TRAINING IS NECESSARY FOR THE
OPERATOR/MAINTAINER.
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 CONCLUSION

WHILE CONTROL AND MONITORING OF POWER

GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION IS ESSENTIAL PARTS
OF THE SHIP’S SYSTEMS, THEIR ACCURACY,
PROTECTION AND FLEXIBILITY HAVE BEEN ENHANCED
BY SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY. THIS HAS ALSO RESULTED
IN REDUCING HUMAN INVOLVEMENT AND INCREASED
AUTOMATION. APMS IS CHARACTERIZED BY
RELIABILITY, ACCURACY, QUICK RESPONSE WHILE
PROVIDING THE ESSENTIAL PROTECTIONS AND SAFETY
FEATURES WHICH ENSURES SAFE OPERATION OF PRIME
MOVERS WITHIN THE DESIRED PARAMETERS.

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ANY QUESTIONS

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