Wings for Ships Pre-Dev

WingTek正在开发一种创新的刚性翼帆，以加速风力辅助推进系统在大型商业船舶上的部署，目标是减少燃料使用、成本、污染和二氧化碳排放。全球航运业共有5.5万艘商船，每年消耗超过2亿吨化石燃料，产生有害气体和颗粒物排放，每年产生7亿吨二氧化碳，占全球总量的3%。目前燃料成本非常高，用于减少污染物的低硫燃料成本更高，新的绿色无二氧化碳替代品尚未广泛使用。因此，船东正面临着巨大的经济和监管压力，要求他们减少或消除对化石燃料的使用，并找到降低更环保替代品成本的方法。为了满足这些需求，将商业航运从化石燃料转型将需要多种技术来经济地实现排放目标。正是在这里，风辅助作为“辅助推进”而不是主推进，可以发挥重要而有效的作用。风能是广泛可用的，在使用点是免费的，不需要新的燃料基础设施。它的使用成本低廉，而且不产生任何排放。它作为辅助推进系统的优势是允许主发动机以较低的速度运行，无论使用哪种类型，都可以节省燃料，从而降低成本，减少污染物和二氧化碳排放。该项目将提供一艘商业船只的概念验证，可运行的1/40比例模型，该模型采用了我们新颖的多单元配置“Wingsail”设计，并进行水上测试。这种设计简单、坚固、轻便，非常适合大规模生产。它是自供电的，不需要来自船只的动力，这意味着安装简单而廉价。最重要的是，它的设计是为了确保船舶在安装后仍然符合国际碰撞规则。该项目将使用“快速原型”方法，主要是将现成的控制电子元件集成到一组小型3d打印Wingsail模型中。这将提供一个平台，在该平台上开发基本控制和系统软件，足以进行船舶模型试验和演示。

WingTek is developing an innovative rigid Wingsail to accelerate the deployment of wind auxiliary propulsion on large commercial vessels, with the goal of reduced fuel use, costs, pollution and CO2 emissions.The 55,000 commercial ships that make up the global shipping industry consume over 200M tonnes of fossil fuel each year, produce harmful gas and particulate emissions and generate 700M tonnes of CO2 annually, which is 3% of the global total. Fuel costs are currently very high, low sulphur fuels to reduce pollutants cost even more and new green CO2-free alternatives are not yet widely available.As a result ship owners are experiencing significant economic and regulatory pressure to reduce or eliminate their use of fossil fuels and find ways of mitigating the cost of the more environmentally friendly alternatives.Transitioning commercial shipping away from fossil fuels to satisfy these demands will require a mix of technologies to achieve emissions targets economically. It is here that wind assistance, used as "auxiliary propulsion" rather than primary propulsion, can play a significant and effective role.Wind is widely available, free at the point of use & needs no new fuel infrastructure. It is inexpensive to use and produces no emissions. Its strength as an auxiliary propulsion system is allowing the main engine to run at lower speed, saving fuel whichever type is used, which reduces costs, pollutants and CO2 emissions.This project will deliver a proof-of-concept, operational 1/40th scale model of a commercial vessel equipped using our novel "Wingsail" design in a multiple-unit configuration and undertake on-water testing.This design is simple, robust and lightweight making it ideal for mass manufacture. It is self-powered, needing no power from the vessel, which means installation is straightforward and inexpensive. Most importantly, it is designed to ensure the vessel still meets the international Collision Regulations after installation.The project will use a "fast-prototype" methodology, primarily off-the-shelf control electronic components integrated into a set of small 3D-printed scale models of the Wingsail. This will provide a platform on which to develop basic control and systems software sufficient for the ship model trials and demonstration.