Video recording of Digital Ship VPO webinar hosted on June 10, 2021
Sponsored by Frugal Technologies
This webinar is looking at how we can use algorithms onboard the ship to help seafarers improve propulsion efficiency, with a case study from Uni Tankers and Frugal Technology.
The ship has a power handle, where the navigator says what level of power is needed. But next to it, there’s a box which they can switch on when they choose, which will then optimise the power of the engine, and the pitch of the propeller, for best fuel efficiency.
Crew probably won’t want this box switched on all the time. Particularly when manoeuvring, they probably don’t want a computer adjusting their controls. But in open sea, it can be most useful. Crew will normally run the engine at a standard revs per minute, and this box can adjust the RPM for the most efficiency. And if crew aren’t comfortable with it, they can turn it off.
This computer box has a connection by satellite to a digital system in the cloud, which uses a range of data to continually improve the curve, and up date it as situation changes, like the hull getting fouled.
One client, Uni Tankers, saved 12 per cent of fuel costs using this, and another client, Royal Arctic Line, saved 15 per cent.
SPEAKERS:
– Lars Stoustrup, CTO, Frugal Technologies
– Kristian Larsen, Fleet Manager, Uni-tankers
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