CFD Modelling of Air Lubrication Systems in Ships
CFD Modelling of Air Lubrication Systems in Ships Roya Shademani1, Tommi Mikkola1, Teemu Manderbacka1, Sasan Tavakoli2, Heikki Remes11Department of Mechanical engineering, Aalto University 2 University of Melbourne, AustraliaRoya.shademani@aalto.fi Presented at the 26th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS) – Duisburg, Germany Maritime transportation dominates global trade, with oceangoing ships, including container vessels, bulk carriers, and […]
OPTIMIZATION OF AN AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY
OPTIMIZATION OF AN AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY Hannes Renzsch (FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS)Andrew Spiteri, Eduardo Blanco-Davis (LJMU)Milad Armin (ENKI Marine)Alex Routledge (Armada Technologies) Presented at 16th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles – “Technologies for the Ship of the Future”, Germany ABSTRACT This paper presents the challenges of developing and optimizing a second-generation Passive […]
Passive Air Lubrication System (PALS)
Another technology that shall be employed during the course of the RETROFIT55 project is the Passive Air Lubrication System (PALS), developed by Armada Technologies Limited.The PALS has obtained a proof of concept in the HYKAT Cavitation tunnel, HSVA, in Hamburg showing that an air-water mixture could be reliably produced without the need for external air compressor(s). […]
