Wings for Ships

船用机翼

• 批准号: 10054303
• 金额: $ 279.4万
• 依托单位: WING TEK LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10054303
• 关键词: Wings; Ships

WingTek is developing an innovative rigid Wingsail System 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 alternative fuels are not yet widely available.As a result ship owners are experiencing significant economic and increasing regulatory pressure to reduce or eliminate their use of fossil fuels and find ways of mitigating the cost of the more environmentally friendly alternatives.There is no simple, single alternative to the use of diesel fuels in ships. Transitioning commercial shipping away from fossil fuels to satisfy these demands will require a hybrid 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 production and distribution infrastructure. It is inexpensive to exploit and produces no emissions. Its strength as an auxiliary propulsion system is in allowing the main engine to run at lower revs whilst maintaining normal vessel speeds - saving fuel whichever type is used - and reducing costs, pollutants and CO2 emissions.This project delivers two full-size prototypes of a new rigid Wingsail designed for mass-deployment on commercial ships. 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 simpler, faster and less expensive. Most importantly, the design ensures the vessel lights are not obscured by the wingsail and so still meets the international Collision Regulations after installation.Two operational prototype units will be manufactured as part of this project, one installed on shore for permanent testing and one installed on a UK commercial vessel for extended sea-trials over several months to demonstrate and measure real-world fuel savings.

WingTek正在开发一种创新的刚性Wingsail系统，以加速大型商用船舶上风力辅助推进的部署，目标是减少燃料使用，成本，污染和二氧化碳排放。全球航运业的55，000艘商用船舶每年消耗超过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%。燃料成本目前非常高，用于减少污染物的低硫燃料成本甚至更高，并且新的无绿色CO2的替代燃料尚未广泛可用。因此，船东正在经历显著的经济和日益增加的监管压力，以减少或消除他们对化石燃料的使用，并找到降低更环境友好的替代品的成本的方法。船舶使用柴油燃料的单一替代品。为了满足这些需求，将商业航运从化石燃料转向化石燃料，将需要混合技术，以经济地实现排放目标。正是在这一点上，风力辅助，作为“辅助推进”而不是主要推进，可以发挥重要而有效的作用。风力广泛可用，在使用点免费，不需要新的燃料生产和分配基础设施。它的开发成本低廉，不会产生排放。作为辅助推进系统，它的优势在于允许主发动机在较低转速下运行，同时保持正常的船舶速度-节省燃料，无论使用哪种类型-并减少成本，污染物和二氧化碳排放。该项目提供了两个全尺寸的新型刚性翼帆原型，旨在大规模部署在商业船舶上。这种设计简单、坚固、重量轻，是大规模生产的理想选择。它是自供电的，不需要来自船舶的电力，这意味着安装更简单，更快，更便宜。最重要的是，该设计确保船舶灯光不会被翼帆遮挡，因此在安装后仍符合国际碰撞法规。作为该项目的一部分，将制造两个可操作的原型装置，一个安装在海岸进行永久测试，另一个安装在英国商船上进行几个月的长期海上试验，以演示和测量实际燃料节省情况。