Early-stage shipboard power system simulation of operational vignettes for dependability assessment

A principle motivation for the development of early-stage shipboard power system simulation techniques is the need to perform time-domain simulation during the early design stage. In particular, there is a need to understand the performance of a candidate system during challenging situations involving dynamic load profiles and disruptive conditions in order to assess the system dependability. An early-stage simulation technique is applied to simulate the performance of a candidate system for given operational vignettes. Using this early-stage approach allows simulations to be performed very quickly, allowing many vignettes to be considered and the overall system dependability to be assessed.