Small Vessel with Inboard Engine Retrofitting Concepts; Real Boat Tests, Laboratory Hybrid Drive Tests and Theoretical Studies

Wojciech Leśniewski, Daniel Piątek, Konrad Marszałkowski and Wojciech Litwin
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Wojciech Leśniewski: Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Daniel Piątek: Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Konrad Marszałkowski: Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Wojciech Litwin: Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-13

Abstract: The development of modern technologies and their increasing availability, as well as the falling costs of highly efficient propulsion systems and power sources, have resulted in electric or hybrid propulsions systems’ growing popularity for use on watercraft. Presented in the paper are design and lab tests of a prototype parallel hybrid propulsion system. It describes a concept of retrofitting a conventionally powered nine meter-long vessel with the system, and includes results of power and efficiency measurements, as well as calculations of the vessel’s operating range under the propulsion of its electric motor. The concept of adding of a solar panels array was studied.

Keywords: ship retrofitting; ship hybrid propulsion; energy efficiency; green shipping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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