scope:

The recommendations for controls, control applications, control apparatus, and automation on shipboards are established by this document. These recommendations reflect the present-day technologies, engineering methods, and engineering practices.

This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the IEEE Std 45.¹

Purpose

An extension of the baseline technology and methods covered in IEEE Std 45 and IEEE Std 45.2 provides a consensus of recommended practices for control applications and automation in marine electrical engineering as applied specifically to ships, shipboard systems and equipment.

¹ Information on normative references can be found in Clause 2.