Contents I. Introduction
Naval shipboard power systems are prone to major interruptions related to casualty or battle damage including cascading failures. As the power system provides continuous mobility, power and thermal management for shipboard combat systems, its constitute a major component of the U.S. navy infrastructure [1]. A typical shipboard power system (SPS) found on surface combatant ships consists of various components such as generators, propulsion loads, protective devices, and cables. It consists of three-phase generators that are delta connected in a ring configuration using generator switchboards. Bus tie circuit breakers interconnect the generator switchboards that allow for the transfer of power from one switchboard to another. Load centers and some loads are supplied from generator switchboards. Further, load centers supply power to some loads directly and supply power to power-panels to which some loads are connected. Generally loads are categorized as vital, semi-vitalor non-vital and are either three-phase or single-phase.
