Future Boat Developments

Future Boat Developments

A number of ideas are being worked on for future boat developments. Some are new, some have been tried before but may prove more practicable with modern technology. History tells us that many of these projects will come to nothing, but a few will set new standards in the future. According to [http://www.ocean.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?jcorbett James J. Corbett] of the University of Delaware, shipping is the next still untapped item that needs to be dealt with and besides the huge economical advantage this would bring (due to heavily reduced fuel consumption), dealing with it may also decrease GHG-emissions for the boats up to 20-30% and decrease health problems in countries [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/frontiers_20071212.shtml James Corbett claiming 20-30% GHG-emissions reduction for shipping is possible as well as economical and health benefits] ]

Radical boat designs

* DK Group has worked out a completely new model for commercial transport boats which will drastically reduce drag and thus fuel consumption [ [http://www.dkgroup.dk/acs_tech.html DK Group ACS-boat model] ]
* Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics's E/S Orcelle features a radical new boat design and zero-emission engines [ [http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/n20050405.548544.htm WWL E/S Orcelle ro-ro ship] ]
* Other ultra-low drag boat designs as air-cushioned Catamarans (eg [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/skjold/skjold3.html Skjold] and [http://www.hawaiisuperferry.com/ Hawaii Superferry] )

More efficient sails and other propulsion systems

* SkySails
* Flettner rotors
* Turbosail
* Automated sailing systems (as too present in the "Maltese Falcon" [ [http://tall-sails-adventure.blogspot.com/2007/08/maltese-falcon-sailing-yacht.html Automated sailing system present in Maltese Falcon] ] and the Shin Aitoku Maru [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951545,00.html Shin Aitoku Maru as a converted tanker with automated sailing] ] [ [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33360.pdf Shin Aitoku Maru converted from regular ship to less-polluting ship using automated sails] ] )
* More efficient propellers as Supercavitation propellers and Pump-jets

Fluid and aerodynamics technologies

* Air Cavity Systems [ [http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/art/Air-Cavity-System-Might-Save-Fuel-DKG00271646TU.html ACS systems might save fuel] ]
* Above water hull air flow; as too found in Longships [ [http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200712041200.html Viking longships having improved above hull air flow] ]
* Continuous variable transmission propeller (as present in the [http://wasub2.tudelft.nl/index.php?id=11 WaSub2] and [http://www.hawaiisuperferry.com/ Hawaii Superferry] )
* Drag reducing Bulbous bow-equipped ships (eg RMS Queen Mary 2)
* Hydrofoils

Energy generation

* Solar panels for powering primary and secondary systems [ [http://www.yachtcouncil.com/boating-stories.asp?t=stories&news_id=248 Solar panels for secondary systems power] ]
* [http://www.solarnavigator.net/solar_boats.htm Solar panel-powered boats] for electricity generation and propulsion

Targeted programmes

* The Ecolution-project set up by Wubbo Ockels is trying to make a completely "green" boat.

Bionics research

Through the field of Bionics, water resistance from friction may be reduced by a factor 7Fact|date=January 2008. This has been described by Sir James Gray in his Gray's paradox. Research into implementation has been done by MIT's Center for Ocean Engineering in its RoboTuna project. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2613_v124/ai_18356746 The Robotuna project by MIT] ] Mitsubishi's robotic coelacanth, Auke Ijspeert's Amphibot as well as Andrew Sneath's Roboshark are also similar projects that tap into bionics-research to create faster water vehicles. Finally, 2 other leading professors on bionics, John Videler and Eize Stamhuis have also worked out real-life real-life improvements to boats; namely on ship stabilisors.

ee also

* Zero-emissions vehicle
* Boat building
* Regular Trimarans as the Earth Voyager [ [http://www.prosetepoxy.com/newsletters/Report%202005-2.pdf Earth Voyager] ] and Catamarans as the [http://www.amateurboatbuilding.com/articles/design/ngdesign/ekolo34/index.html Ekolo'kat 34]

References

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33360.pdf Navy Ship Propulsion Technologies: Options for Reducing Oil Use]


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