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Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers
Shipping faces challenges of reducing the dependence on fossil fuels to align with the international regulations of ship emissions reduction. The maritime industry is in urgent need of searching about alternative energy sources for ships. This paper highlights the applicability of harnessing wind po...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33630258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12791-3 |
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author | Seddiek, Ibrahim S. Ammar, Nader R. |
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description | Shipping faces challenges of reducing the dependence on fossil fuels to align with the international regulations of ship emissions reduction. The maritime industry is in urgent need of searching about alternative energy sources for ships. This paper highlights the applicability of harnessing wind power for ships. Flettner rotors as a clean propulsion technology for commercial ships are introduced. As a case study, one of the bulk carrier ships operating between Damietta port in Egypt and Dunkirk port in France has been investigated. The results showed the high influence of the interaction between ship course and wind speed and direction on the net output power of Flettner rotors. The average net output power for each rotor will be 384 kW/h. Economically, the results reveal that the use of Flettner rotors will contribute to considerable savings, up to 22.28% of the annual ship’s fuel consumption. The pay-back period of the proposed concept will be 6 years with a considerable value of levelized cost of energy. Environmentally, NO(x) and CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 270.4 and 9272 ton/year with cost-effectiveness of $1912 and $55.8/ton, respectively, at annual interest rate of 10%. |
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spelling | pubmed-79050162021-02-25 Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers Seddiek, Ibrahim S. Ammar, Nader R. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article Shipping faces challenges of reducing the dependence on fossil fuels to align with the international regulations of ship emissions reduction. The maritime industry is in urgent need of searching about alternative energy sources for ships. This paper highlights the applicability of harnessing wind power for ships. Flettner rotors as a clean propulsion technology for commercial ships are introduced. As a case study, one of the bulk carrier ships operating between Damietta port in Egypt and Dunkirk port in France has been investigated. The results showed the high influence of the interaction between ship course and wind speed and direction on the net output power of Flettner rotors. The average net output power for each rotor will be 384 kW/h. Economically, the results reveal that the use of Flettner rotors will contribute to considerable savings, up to 22.28% of the annual ship’s fuel consumption. The pay-back period of the proposed concept will be 6 years with a considerable value of levelized cost of energy. Environmentally, NO(x) and CO(2) emissions will be reduced by 270.4 and 9272 ton/year with cost-effectiveness of $1912 and $55.8/ton, respectively, at annual interest rate of 10%. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-02-25 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7905016/ /pubmed/33630258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12791-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Seddiek, Ibrahim S. Ammar, Nader R. Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title | Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title_full | Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title_fullStr | Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title_short | Harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study Flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
title_sort | harnessing wind energy on merchant ships: case study flettner rotors onboard bulk carriers |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7905016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33630258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12791-3 |
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