There are many parts of ship engine. Among them, the ship auxiliary power unit, also known as "auxiliary engine", refers to the generator on board, which provides electric energy for the ship in normal conditions and emergency situations. The ship power station is composed of engine set, switchboard and other mechanical and electrical equipment.
1, generator set: the ship engine parts of the prime power is mainly provided by the diesel engine, based on the safety and reliability of the ship and simple maintenance management considerations, large ships are equipped with not less than two diesel generators of the same type, according to the need to generate more power at the same time.
In order to save energy, during the voyage, some ships can use the propeller shaft of the main engine of the ship engine accessories to drive the generator to generate electricity (shaft generator) or use the waste heat of the main exhaust gas to produce low-pressure steam to drive the turbine generator set to generate electricity, etc.
2, switchboard: ship machinery accessories switchboard is mainly used for electricity distribution, control, transmission, voltage change, current change to ensure that the electric driving equipment and the whole ship life, lighting, signal and communication needs.