Utilizing Artificial Neural Network Ensembles for Ship Design Optimization to Reduce Added Wave Resistance and CO 2 Emissions

Tomasz Cepowski ()
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Tomasz Cepowski: Faculty of Navigation, Maritime University of Szczecin, 1-2 Wały Chrobrego St., 70-500 Szczecin, Poland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-22

Abstract: Increased maritime cargo transportation has necessitated stricter management of emissions from ships. The primary source of this pollution is fuel combustion, which is influenced by factors such as a ship’s added wave resistance. Accurate estimation of this resistance during ship design is crucial for minimizing exhaust emissions. The challenge is that, at the preliminary parametric design stage, only limited geometric data about the ship is available, and the existing methods for estimating added wave resistance cannot be applied. This article presents the application of artificial neural network (ANN) ensembles for estimating added wave resistance based on dimensionless design parameters available at the preliminary design stage, such as the length-to-breadth ratio ( L / B ), breadth-to-draught ratio ( B / T ), length-to-draught ratio ( L / T ), block coefficient ( CB ), and the Froude number ( Fn ). Four different ANN ensembles are developed to predict this resistance using both complete sets of design characteristics (i.e., L / B , B /T, CB , and Fn ) and incomplete sets, such as L / B , CB , and Fn ; B / T , CB , and Fn ; and L /T, CB , and Fn . This approach allows for the consideration of CO 2 emissions at the parametric design stage when only limited ship dimensions are known. An example in this article demonstrates that minor modifications to typical container ship designs can significantly reduce added wave resistance, resulting in a daily reduction of up to 2.55 tons of CO 2 emissions. This reduction is equivalent to the emissions produced by 778 cars per day, highlighting the environmental benefits of optimizing ship design.

Keywords: artificial neural networks (ANNs); CO 2 emissions; ship design; optimization; added wave resistance; hull shape parameters (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: 2024
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