The paper describes the conceptual design of the project: “Development of zero-emission passenger sailing ship”, as the breakthrough approach to use renewable energy sources (RES) for ship propulsion and other on-board operations. The project is co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Operational Program “Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014–2020” and fully in line with the ongoing Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Green Maritime Transport. The electricity for the electric ship propulsion is stored in rechargeable batteries. The important research challenge is the recharging of batteries, applying the hybrid process of converting wind and solar energy using different technological solutions: propellers operating in the turbine mode as drive motors operate in generator mode, auxiliary hydrokinetic turbines, wind turbines, photovoltaic system, and connection to coastal power sources. These hybrid energy conversion options are promising, as they provide energy for the ship’s electrical propulsion motors and power all other on-board equipment. The project consortium is entirely Croatian consisting of shipbuilding industry members and academic partners, adopting a very “shipbuilding approach” by reusing the results from the already built sailing ship Klara, as a reference design with ICE drives, to design and build the new sailing ship LeDA with zero-emission propulsion. LeDA will be the full-scale prototype of a 3-masted cruising sailing ship for a maximum of 36 passengers, to be built in the Croatian shipyard Brodosplit, and expected to empower the Croatian shipbuilding industry with such new products and their commercialization for the world waterborne transportation market.
Conceptual Design of Zero-Emission Sailing Ship Renewable Energy Challenges
Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering
2022-11-29
17 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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