Wings for Ships Pre-Dev

WingTek正在开发一种创新的刚性Wingsail，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，低硫燃料，以减少污染物的成本甚至更多，新的绿色二氧化碳-免费的替代品还没有广泛使用。因此，船东正面临巨大的经济和监管压力，要求他们减少或消除化石燃料的使用，并找到降低更环保替代品成本的方法。商业航运从化石燃料过渡到满足这些需求将需要一系列技术来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，不需要新的燃料基础设施。它使用成本低廉，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，污染物和二氧化碳排放。该项目将提供一个概念验证，操作1/40比例的商用船舶模型，该模型配备了我们新颖的“翼帆”设计，采用多单元配置，并进行水上测试。坚固耐用且重量轻，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，这意味着安装简单且便宜。最重要的是，它的设计旨在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组件集成到一套小型3D打印的Wingsail模型中。这将提供一个平台，在其上开发足以进行船模试验和演示的基本控制和系统软件。

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.