Wind-assisted propulsion gains momentum
Conference/JournalMARIN Report 143
Date5 Mar 2025
According to Offshore Energy Magazine, 2024 was “a year to remember” for wind-assisted ship propulsion, and the outlook over the years to come looks promising.
MARIN was therefore delighted to contribute once more to ship decarbonisation when the Finnish ship design company Deltamarin contracted MARIN to conduct calculations and model tests to investigate the propulsive performance, seakeeping and manoeuvring capability of a wind-assisted RoRo design. This vessel is set to be delivered to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and will transport airplane parts between Europe and North America.
MARIN was therefore delighted to contribute once more to ship decarbonisation when the Finnish ship design company Deltamarin contracted MARIN to conduct calculations and model tests to investigate the propulsive performance, seakeeping and manoeuvring capability of a wind-assisted RoRo design. This vessel is set to be delivered to Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and will transport airplane parts between Europe and North America.
Contact
Bastien Abeil
Senior Project Manager
Anton Kisjes
Project Manager
Rotor sails simulations
The first step quantified the forces and moments generated by the six Norsepower rotor sails in their intended arrangement on the ship. Simulations using MARIN’s RANS-CFD code ReFRESCO were conducted using a numerical model of the vessel, including the superstructure and the six rotors set under various combinations of wind speed and wind angles.
Ship in stern quartering waves with active rotors
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propulsionoffshore wind