AKA propulsion for Bhagwan Marine

The diesel-electric system, which will be installed on Bhagwan Marine’s dive support vessel (DSV), incorporates AKA’s DC centric approach used in the company’s CeroPoint hybrid marine propulsion system. It also includes a back up battery system supplied by Corvus Energy.

AKA will also provide the energy management system (EMS) for the vessel.

Allister Stewart, new projects manager, Bhagwan Marine, said: “Our goal from the onset of this vessel design was to find a power and propulsion system that would allow us to operate at peak efficiency while ensuring safety and emergency measures were in place.”

He added: “When we learned of AKA’s DC Centric approach to energy and power management, we were delighted with the inherent flexibility and redundancy that we would be able to achieve. Essentially, we can optimise our power plant for each mode of operation that we perform on a regular basis.”

AKA’s Diesel-Electric propulsion system is designed for several customised modes of operation on the DSV, including two dynamic positioning modes as well as an emergency egress mode which permits all machinery to be shut down and low speed propulsion and critical hotel loads to be supported by the battery bank.