SHIP ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS – MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT


General Info


  • Course Title: Ship Electrical Systems - Maritime Communications And Navigation Equipment
  • Course Code: NAOME1337
  • Semester: 6th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 2 (Lectures), 2 (Laboratory)
  • Credits (ECTS): 5
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA238/
  • Professors: D. Pagonis , G. Kobocholis


Course Content / Syllabus


Typical electrical power distribution on a ship. Basic characteristics of a ship’s electrical system (electrical load balance, cable selection, voltage drop, single line diagram, etc). Introduction to electric propulsion (review of motor operation, basic power electronic elements, controlled rectification and inversion, converter types, typical electric propulsion plant layout). Fundamental principles of telecommunications. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Basic maritime systems (ECDIS, radar, AIS, etc). Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Main regulations applied to ship radiocommunications, typical plant layout of a case study.


Course Outline



  1. G.B. = General Background, S.B. = special background, S.: Specialised.↩︎