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<p>Recently, there has been a significant development of ecological propulsion systems, which is in line with the general trend of environmentally friendly “green shipping”. The main aim is to build a safe, low-energy passenger ship with a highly efficient, emission-free propulsion system. This can be achieved in a variety of ways. The article presents the main problems encountered by designers and constructors already at the stage of designing the unit. The research conducted made it possible to create a design with an effective shape of the hull, with the prospect of an energy-efficient and safe propulsion system with good manoeuvrability. The scope of the research included towing tank tests, recalculation of the results in full-scale objects and a prediction of the energy demand of the propulsion system. The results obtained were compared to indicate power supply variants depending on the hull shape.</p>
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Recently, there has been a significant development of ecological propulsion systems, which is in line with the general trend of environmentally friendly “green shipping”. The main aim is to build a safe, low-energy passenger ship with a highly efficient, emission-free propulsion system. This can be achieved in a variety of ways. The article presents the main problems encountered by designers and constructors already at the stage of designing the unit. The research conducted made it possible to create a design with an effective shape of the hull, with the prospect of an energy-efficient and safe propulsion system with good manoeuvrability. The scope of the research included towing tank tests, recalculation of the results in full-scale objects and a prediction of the energy demand of the propulsion system. The results obtained were compared to indicate power supply variants depending on the hull shape.

Influence of the Hull Shape on the Energy Demand of a Small Inland Vessel with Hybrid Propulsion

Polish Maritime Research

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Recently, there has been a significant development of ecological propulsion systems, which is in line with the general trend of environmentally friendly “green...

Influence of the Hull Shape on the Energy Demand of a Small Inland Vessel with Hybrid Propulsion

Published Online: Oct 22, 2021

Page range: 35 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0032

Keywords
Green shipping, Hybrid, Energy management, Propulsion, Hull shape optimisation

© 2021 Artur Karczewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Influence of the Hull Shape on the Energy Demand of a Small Inland Vessel with Hybrid Propulsion

Published Online: Oct 22, 2021

Page range: 35 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2021-0032

KeywordsGreen shipping, Hybrid, Energy management, Propulsion, Hull shape optimisation

© 2021 Artur Karczewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Green shipping, Hybrid, Energy management, Propulsion, Hull shape optimisation