RETROFIT SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS IN MARITIME TRANSPORT
Alessandro Iafrati1, Spyros Hirdaris2, Thomas Koch3, Hannes Renzsch4, Nikos Themelis5, Laura Herrera6, Nikolaos Tsoulakos7, Vassilios Zagkas8, Alessandro Maccari9, Gregory Johnston10, Sabino Jose Chapero11, Milad Armin12, Roger Armson13, Cosimo Cervicato14
1 Institute of Marine Engineering-National Research Council, Via di Vallerano, 00139 – Rome,
Italy
2 Aalto University, Marine and Arctic Technology, 00076 – Espoo, Finland
3 Atlantec Enterprise Solutions GmbH, Oehleckerring 13 – 22419 Hamburg, Germany
4 Friendship Systems AG, Benzstr. 2, 14482, Potsdam, Germany
5 National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., Athens, 15780, Greece
6 Astilleros de Santander, Fernández Hontoria 24 Astillero Cantabria Spain
7 Laskaridis Shipping, 5 Xenias Str. & Ch. Trikoupi, 145 62 Kifissia, Athens, Greece
8 SimFWD, Ethnikis Antistaseos 14 A, Chalandri – 15232, Greece
9 RINA Services, via Corsica 12, Genova 16128, Italy
10 Advanced Wing Systems, Ground Floor, 71 Lower Baggot Street, D02 P593, Dublin, Ireland
11 Bound4Blue, 2 Melampo St., 1º -3B. 39100, Santa C. Bezana. Cantabria, Spain
12 Liverpool John Moore University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom
13 Armada Technology, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH41 1FN, United Kingdom
14 Grimaldi Euromed, Via Marchese Campodisola, 13, 80133 – Napoli, Italy
Presented at Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference – April 2024
ABSTRACT
In this paper, the energy-saving and green solutions developed within the RETROFIT55 EU project are presented. The combination of technologies elaborated depends on the operational scenario of the retrofitted ship, the highest gains in fuel oil consumption, and the reduction of harmful life cycle emissions. Two innovative solutions namely Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP), Air Lubrication System (ALS), as well as mature technologies, such as operational optimization, smart energy management of electrical systems, and hydrodynamics-based design optimization, are developed and integrated. The project aims at setting up a web-based platform through which the user can browse a catalogue and combine different retrofitting options. Each option is described in terms of surrogate models which allow to compare the different configurations in terms of specific key performance indicators.
