Marine power system

1. A marine power system comprising:

multiple of fuel cells:

multiple of DC/AC converters; and

at least one propulsion motor,

wherein:

each fuel cell of the multiple of fuel cells is connectable to an input of a DC/AC converter of the multiple of DC/AC converters

at least one group of the multiple of DC/AC converters is connectable to the at least one propulsion motor to provide variable frequency and amplitude voltage to the at least one propulsion motor,

at least one of the multiple of DC/AC converters if connectable to a fixed frequency AC bus to provide voltage with a fixed frequency and amplitude to the fixed frequency AC bus,

the power system further comprises a transformer which is connectable between an output of the at least one of the multiple of DC/AC converters and the fixed frequency AC bus, and

the transformer comprises multiple of primary windings, each primary winding being connectable to a separate DC/AC converter, and a secondary winding connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus.

2. The marine power system of claim 1 , wherein

at least part of the fuel cells and part of the DC/AC converters are arranged as pairs, in which pairs a fuel cell is directly connectable to a DC/AC converter.

3. The marine power system of claim 2 , wherein DC/AC converters of fuel cell and DC/AC converter pairs are connectable directly to a propulsion motor.

4. The marine power system of claim 2 , wherein at least two pairs of fuel cells and DC/AC converters are connected together at AC side of the DC/AC converter.

5. The marine power system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the fuel cells is connectable to two DC/AC converters of the multiple of DC/AC converters, wherein

the first of the two DC/AC converters is connectable to the at least one propulsion system and

the second of the of the two DC/AC converters is connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus.

6. The marine power system of claim 5 , wherein multiple of fuel cells are connectable to the second of the two DC/AC converters which is connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus.

7. The marine power system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one propulsion motor comprises a stator with at least two sets of stator windings.

8. The marine power system of claim 7 , wherein the stator comprises a dual-three phase winding.

9. The marine power system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the DC/AC converters is a bi-directional converter.

10. The marine power system of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the DC/AC converters connectable to the at least one propulsion motor is a bi-directional converter.

11. The marine power system of claim 10 , wherein the propulsion motor is adapted to be operated in a regenerative mode and the at least one DC/AC converter is adapted to feed the power obtained from the propulsion mode to a DC/AC converter which is connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus.

12. The marine power system of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the DC/AC converters connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus is a bi-directional converter.

13. The marine power system of claim 12 , wherein the bi-directional converter connectable to the fixed frequency AC bus is adapted to feed the power obtained from the fixed frequency AC bus to at least one DC/AC converter which is connectable to a propulsion motor.

14. The marine power system of claim 3 , wherein at least two pairs of fuel cells and DC/AC converters are connected together at AC side of the DC/AC converter.

15. The marine power system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one propulsion motor comprises a stator with at least two sets of stator windings.