Composites Application to Propulsion Systems for Upscaling and Low Emissions (CAPSULE)

航空业从使用复合材料减少燃料排放中受益，而海运业也可以利用许多相同的特性，甚至更多，实现清洁航运。本可行性研究的重点是通过在海上推进系统中应用复合材料来实现效率节约和升级。这不仅将直接减少温室气体排放，并实现向电池、燃料电池或氢气等低排放和零碳能源系统的过渡，还将发展国家海事供应链，提供更多的英国就业机会，并通过增加出口使经济受益。Teignbridge Propellers International是世界领先的青铜铸造精密性能螺旋桨设计和制造商，船尾齿轮和推进产品。Teignbridge将利用其海事行业的专业知识，改进螺旋桨直径达6米的可扩展推进系统的设计和建模。国家复合材料中心作为核心高价值制造弹射器的核心部分，旨在通过使设计和制造企业能够在复合材料应用中提供成功的解决方案来加速英国工业产出的增长。该项目合作伙伴将通过材料选择、制造工艺选择、复合材料设计技术和测试指导，为复合材料的新应用提供专业支持。该可行性研究的主要成果将是复合材料推进系统的初步设计，最大限度地利用复合材料提高效率的机会和效益，减少温室气体排放，使用低密度和零碳燃料。商业化的推进系统将有助于保持英国作为一个主要的海洋国家，通过改进和有竞争力的产品来发展英国的供应链，这些产品旨在实现全球向零排放航运的转变。这将为英国带来更多的就业机会，并从出口增加中获得进一步的经济效益。该研究还将为推进英国船舶上的升级推进系统设计到演示阶段提供航线到市场的商业案例、计划和投资要求。商业案例不仅考虑船上减排，还将评估推进系统整个生命周期中使用的材料和工艺，以真正了解拟议解决方案的可持续性。

In the same way that the airline industry has benefit from the use of composite materials to reduce fuel emissions, the marine transport can take advantage of many of the same characteristics and more, to enable clean shipping.This feasibility study focuses on the efficiency savings and upscaling that can be achieved through the application of composite materials across a maritime propulsion system. Not only will this directly reduce greenhouse emissions and enable the transition to low emission and zero carbon energy systems such as batteries, fuel cells or hydrogen, but it will also grow the national maritime supply chain, provide more UK jobs and benefit the economy through increased exports.Teignbridge Propellers International is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of bronze-cast precision performance propellers, stern-gear and propulsion products. Teignbridge will apply their maritime industry expertise to improved design and modelling of a scalable propulsion system with propeller diameter up to 6m.The National Composites Centre, as a core part of the core High Value Manufacturing Catapult, aim to accelerate the growth of UK industrial output by enabling design and manufacturing enterprises to deliver winning solutions in the application of composites. This project partner will bring their expertise to support this new application of composites through material selection, manufacturing process selection, composite design techniques and testing guidance.The main output of this feasibility study will be a preliminary design for a composite propulsion system, maximising the opportunities and benefits of composite materials to improve efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enable the use of low density and zero carbon fuels. The commercialised propulsion system will help maintain the UK as a major maritime nation, growing the UK supply chain through improved and competitive products that target the global shift towards zero emission shipping. This will result in more UK jobs and further economic benefits from increased exports.The study will also produce the route-to-market business case, plan and investment requirements for progressing the upscaled propulsion system design through to demonstrator phase on a UK vessel. The business case will consider not just the on-vessel emissions savings but also an assessment of the materials and processes used across the lifecycle of the propulsion system to truly understand the sustainability of the proposed solution.