Abstract
Within EU Project TRIPOD, new ways of saving energy are
being studied to improve ship operational costs. The main
objective of the TRIPOD project is the development and
validation of a new propulsion concept for improved
energy efficiency of ships which is based on the
combination of three existing propulsion technologies. In
particular TRIPOD explores the feasibility of integrating
podded propulsors and tip loaded endplate propellers into
energy recovery systems based on counter rotating
propeller (CRP) principle. A non-rotatable pod unit
called Rudderpod is installed behind the ship main
propeller. CRP units consisting of different
combinations of CLT and conventional propellers are being
analyzed in ballast and load conditions for a retrofit
and a new building scenario. CFD tools and model tests
are combined to facilitate the design process. A method
for the extrapolation of model tests to full scale and
another for the accurate estimation of effective wakes by
CFD tools have been developed. TRIPOD includes the
realization of an economical cost benefit analysis for
the operation of a reference ship
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Marine Propulsors SMP '13 |
| Editors | Jonathan R. Binns, Renee Brown, Neil Bose |
| Place of Publication | Launceston |
| Publisher | Australian Maritime College |
| Pages | 347-357 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-646-90334-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 3rd International Symposium on Marine Propulsors, SMP '13 - Launceston, Australia Duration: 5 May 2013 → 8 May 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd International Symposium on Marine Propulsors, SMP '13 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Launceston |
| Period | 5/05/13 → 8/05/13 |
Keywords
- Contrarotating propeller (CRP)
- CLT propeller
- Pod propulsion
- CFD
- model test
- Tip Loaded
- economic analysis
- saving energy