The Study of an Innovative Propulsion Plant for a High-Speed Catamaran Ferry for Decarbonisation in the Marine Industry

Abstract

This paper supports decarbonisation in the marine industry by demostrating that a proper design methodology and state of the art technologies can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The paper demonstrates the possibility of reducing the environmental footprint of Marine High-Speed passenger transportation with innovative propulsion plant designs. The challenging solutions to designing a high-speed hybrid catamaran ferry, that satisfy design criteria and requirements, are presented and applied to a realistic case study. The design process investigated the potential electrification of the vessel to reduce its carbon footprint without compromising function and performance and a quantitative comparison to a conventional propulsion plant was carried out and presented.

Assessment of Ship Fuel Consumption for Different Hull Roughness in Realistic Weather Conditions

“…Furthermore, the total areas of the exposed hull and the superstructure were defined from the 3D model of the selected ship. The method proposed by Taylor [73] was used in this study as it is based on tanker, cargo ship, and passenger liner models where the pseudo-drag coefficients are considered according to empirical testing, and the total added resistance due to wind (R wind ) was computed using the following expression.…”