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| + | ASC Pty Ltd, is an Adelaide based Australian naval shipbuilding company, responsible for the construction of the fleet of six Collins-class submarines (CCSM) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1990 and 2003. The company continues to support the fleet through an ongoing maintenance and upgrade program. | ||
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| + | The Collins-class submarines are conventionally powered, which means they employ the use of diesel generators in order to enable the recharging the main batteries. The generator output voltage is controlled by an Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR), which maintains the generator outputs to set parameters (voltage, current and power) by controlling the generator field current. | ||
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| + | ASC have approached the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide with a project that is to design and build a test module for the AVRs. The test module, or "test rig", will allow ASC to quickly and conveniently test and verify the serviceability of the AVRs prior to installation, without the need for a purpose-built facility with a diesel engine and generator set-up. This enables ASC to decrease risk in the form of cost and schedule overruns, by allowing the installation of an AVR that is proven to be in working order. | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 17 August 2018
Project Team
Team Members
Lindsay Millard
Alex Kiddy
Supervisors
Wen Soong
Nick Jones (ASC Pty Ltd)
Introduction
Motivation
ASC Pty Ltd, is an Adelaide based Australian naval shipbuilding company, responsible for the construction of the fleet of six Collins-class submarines (CCSM) for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1990 and 2003. The company continues to support the fleet through an ongoing maintenance and upgrade program.
The Collins-class submarines are conventionally powered, which means they employ the use of diesel generators in order to enable the recharging the main batteries. The generator output voltage is controlled by an Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR), which maintains the generator outputs to set parameters (voltage, current and power) by controlling the generator field current.
ASC have approached the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide with a project that is to design and build a test module for the AVRs. The test module, or "test rig", will allow ASC to quickly and conveniently test and verify the serviceability of the AVRs prior to installation, without the need for a purpose-built facility with a diesel engine and generator set-up. This enables ASC to decrease risk in the form of cost and schedule overruns, by allowing the installation of an AVR that is proven to be in working order.
