GHG Reduction through Ship Operations Improvement

Improving Energy Efficiency of Ships through Optimisation of Ship Operations

Increased environmental concerns, resulted in new legislation, and high and volatile fuel prices are today’s driving forces to reduce operational costs and become greener. Reduction of fuel consumption acts as the main contributor towards this. In the context of the given economic pressure and from international law point of view, the amount of energy-savings by vessel fuel should be increased ...

Ship Motion Prediction for Maritime Flight Operations

This paper presents a novel and feasible prediction procedure for ship motion in the presence of uncertain tendency of ship motion dynamic variations and stochastic sea state disturbances. An appropriate model aiming to feature the characteristics of the dynamic relationship between an observer and a ship deck is constructed, from which an initial algorithm is implemented. The optimal system or...

Tactile Cues For Ship Bridge Operations

Current modes of conveying operational information on ship bridges are mainly in the form of visual and auditory sensory inputs. During safety critical situations, such as dynamic positioning (DP) operation, reliance on these two senses may be insufficient. In a DP operation the role of the DP operator is critical and most incidents happen due to lack of operator ́s situational awareness. Theref...

ACRP – GHG-SEBA – Greenhouse Gas Reduction through Second Generation Biofuels in Austria

Strategic GHG reduction through the use of ground source heat pump technology

Higher energy prices and concern about climate change is drawing increasing attention to ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. Their clear advantage lies in being able to provide heating using 25 to 30% of the energy consumed by even the most efficient conventional alternatives. Their drawback has been high capital costs and uncertainty about whether the emissions associated with the electric...