Print Email Facebook Twitter Performance investigation of VentiFoil ship propulsion Title Performance investigation of VentiFoil ship propulsion: Research into the propulsive performance of VentiFoils using CFD simulations Author Lagendijk, Laurens-Jan (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering; TU Delft Marine and Transport Technology) Contributor van Terwisga, T.J.C. (mentor) Gerritsma, M.I. (graduation committee) Vrijdag, A. (graduation committee) van der Bles, G (graduation committee) Eggers, Rogier (graduation committee) Garenaux, Maxime (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Marine Technology Date 2018-12-19 Abstract In recent years the awareness and the effort to reduce air pollution and global warming have increased. Many new ideas are being developed to reduce harmful emissions. Despite this, the shipping industry is still a large contributor to air pollution worldwide. To reduce the environmental impact of shipping, the use ofsustainable energy sources such as wind energy on-board ships is being explored. Wind energy is widely available at sea, the challenge is to harness this energy. The relatively unknown wind propulsion device called the Turbosail is a vertical wing shaped device which uses wind energy to provide thrust. This propulsion technology was invented in the 1980’s by the Frenchman Jacques-Yves Cousteau. This report describes the investigation into the similar wind propulsion device called the VentiFoil. Two retractable VentiFoils are fitted inside a 40 foot container, this ship propulsion device is called the eConowind unit. Multiple eConowind units can be installed on the hatch covers of general cargo vessels. If successful, this wind propulsion device can be applied on many different ships. The VentiFoil concept will be investigated and improved using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research tools. These tools are used to simulate the flow around different VentiFoil geometries. The result of this project will be a better understanding of the working principles of the VentiFoil, sensitivity information for the variation of different characteristic design parameters and an evaluation of the generated forces and performance of VentiFoil propulsion. Subject VentiFoilTurbosailWind assisted ship propulsionWASPCFD To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fea305b0-209b-4c06-bd85-e780b8309b27 Embargo date 2024-01-01 Coordinates 51.971114 5.654773 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Laurens-Jan Lagendijk Files PDF Master_thesis_report_Laur ... _final.pdf 15.87 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fea305b0-209b-4c06-bd85-e780b8309b27/datastream/OBJ/view