SKYTUG Wind Propulsion for Deep Sea Shipping

用于深海航运的 SKYTUG 风力推进

• 批准号: 10009901
• 金额: $ 77.21万
• 依托单位: BLUEWATER ENGINEERING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10009901
• 关键词: SKYTUG; Wind; Propulsion; Deep; Sea

Bluewater Engineering is developing the SKYTUG concept; a means of providing wind propulsion to the ocean cargo shipping sector at a scale never before seen. SKYTUG will provide a towing service to existing and new ships, deploying a vast array of wind power in the form of kites, to tow large ships across oceans at normal service speeds with only a fraction of their usual fuel consumption.Our patent pending technologies will enable the largest kite arrays ever seen to be deployed controllably and channel masses of zero-carbon wind energy into the movement of essential goods around the world.The encapsulation of the wind propulsion technology aboard a tug, rather than aboard ship, gives freedom to design and space to operate, carrying large amounts of kite area sufficient to tow heavily loaded bulk and tanker ships. It also offers a simple, attractive solution for ship operators: no modifications, no installations, no maintenance, no specialist crew, no downtime and no capex. Just towing, a familiar operation, and no extra costs.This project will develop and assess the feasibility of the key elements of the SKYTUG concept, with a view to approving the design and building of an integrated demonstrator.

蓝水工程公司正在开发SKYTUG概念;这是一种以前所未有的规模为海洋货运部门提供风力推进的手段。SKYTUG将为现有和新船提供拖曳服务，以风筝的形式部署大量风力发电，以正常的服务速度拖曳大型船只穿越海洋，而燃料消耗只有通常的一小部分。我们正在申请专利的技术将使有史以来最大的风筝阵列能够可控地部署，并将质量控制在零-碳风能进入世界各地的基本货物的运动。风力推进技术的封装在拖船上，而不是在船上，给设计和空间来操作的自由，携带大量的风筝面积，足以拖曳重载散装和油轮。它还为船舶运营商提供了一个简单而有吸引力的解决方案：无需修改，无需安装，无需维护，无需专业船员，没有停机时间，没有资本支出。该项目将开发和评估SKYTUG概念的关键要素的可行性，以便批准综合演示器的设计和建造。