Research topic
Feasibility of wind propulsion – impact on the propeller and engine (power plant) performance
Goal
Investigate performance of various wind propulsion systems
Assess the impact of the wind propulsion system on the propeller and engine performance
Scope
Develop a medium-fidelity wind propulsion system model
Adopt/Include added (sway and yaw) hydrodynamic ship resistance
Evaluate a coupled wind and propeller propulsion system
Limitations
Limited validation of the coupled model, most likely only numerical
The result is a set of multiple promising designs of the propulsion machinery
Coordinator Role:
Dražen will facilitate the collaboration between Ph.D. students in WP 2-4