Friday 7 August 2015

Demystifying The Isolated and Earthed Neutral System

The function of an electrical system is to safely convey the power from the source to the various consumer equipment connected to it. A ship's electrical system can take any of the two forms:
  • Neutral Insulated system, or
  • Neutral Earthed system.




Electrical Distribution system
Ship Electrical System

Saturday 1 August 2015

Cold Ironing - Plugging the Gap in Greener Shipping Industry

Cold Ironing - The practise of providing power to a ship from shore, when she is in port, to enable the ship to shut down the diesel grunting auxiliary generators. 


Alternative Shore Power
Cold Ironing - Alternative Shore Power