The newly founded Institute for Maritime Energy Systems researches and develops innovative solutions for decarbonization and emission reduction in shipping and transfers them into practice by cooperation with industry. To support this, the department of Virtual Ship researches and develops methods and technologies for the virtual representation and evaluation of maritime energy and converter systems as well as related infrastructure.
The department aims to develop a system simulation framework for Maritime Digital Twin studies, of which co-simulation is an important aspect. Of the various modelling platforms available in the market for co-simulation, e.g. Matlab, Open Simulation Platform, Open Modellica etc., one platform needs to be chosen. While literature exists on system development on each of these platforms, a detailed comparison of these platforms from the perspectives of co-simulation for Digital Twin implementation, verification and validation capabilities, real-time behavior, interoperability with different components of the digital twin etc. has not yet been performed. With the growing drive towards digitalization in the maritime industry, and the emergence of digital twins for monitoring, operation management, behavior prediction, maintenance and safety, such a comparison of co-simulation platforms is relevant. The aim of this thesis would be to compare some of these platforms for the development of digital twins for maritime energy systems. The recommendation from this thesis will influence the choice of the co-simulation platform for DLR's maritime digital twin development. The student will have the opportunity to learn digital twin concepts, their requirements, co-simulation platforms and also contribute towards the development of DLR's maritime digital twin. Accordingly, your tasks could include a subset of the following:
Qualifications sought:
Compensation:
Students will be compensated up to TVöD 5 scale for 15 hours/week, following an initial review of the project plan