OPTIMIZATION OF AN AIR LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEOMETRY & TOPOLOGY

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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)

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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). […]