This project involved the collaboration and improvement of a novel inverter design with the primary aim of use in Alaskan fishing boats. A programmable power converter was designed such that diesel engines in generators could vary their rotational speed based on electrical load. This improves on the widely-adopted generator design, which requires that the engine spin at 1,800 RPM constantly in order to generate 60Hz power. The design that this project elaborates on has been tested and proven to work. The result of this project is a 30%-50% more efficient and expandable model for the inverter.

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Creator

• Murillo, Michael Christopher
• Hayes, Casey Lee Miniutti
• Rosenman, Jason Victor
• Sontag, Christopher David

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-041814-164332

Advisor

• Bitar, Stephen John

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• Kodiak Electric Vessel LLC

Date created

• 2014-04-18

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright