The GATERS Project - An innovative way of retrofitting ships for greener and safer operations

M. Atlar; B. Aktas; A. Gurkan; N. Sasaki; X. Sun; E. Korkut; M. Felli

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.676

The GATERS Project - An innovative way of retrofitting ships for greener and safer operations

M. Atlar
, B. Aktas
, A. Gurkan
, N. Sasaki
, X. Sun
, E. Korkut
, M. Felli^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

University of Strathclyde
TWI (The Welding Institute)
National Research Council of Italy

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This paper presents the first-year activities of the H2020 Innovation Action project GATERS for greener propulsion of ships using an innovative retrofit energy-saving and steering device, the Gate Rudder System (GRS). One of the project's main aims is to retrofit a target coastal vebel with a GRS for the first time and demonstrate its effectiveness. The target vebel is the existing 6400 DWT general cargo ship (MV Erge), currently fitted with a high-lift conventional rudder system (CRS), which a retrofit GRS will replace in GATERS as one of the project aims. This paper provides a background of GRS technology and the project motivation, including a brief project overview. The details of the retrofit task involving the design of the main GRS components and estimated power-saving are also reported in the paper. The vebel is scheduled to be retrofitted in December 2022 for demonstration and further performance monitoring.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1958-1965
Number of pages	8
Journal	Transportation Research Procedia
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.676
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2022 Conference Proceedings Transport Research Arena, TRA Lisbon 2022 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 14 Nov 2022 → 17 Nov 2022

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Keywords

Conventional Rudder System
Energy-saving device
Gate Rudder System
Manoeuvring
Retrofitting

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