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Energy-Efficient Yacht Design: An Investigation on the Environmental Impacts of Engine Selection for Bodrum Gulets

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Abstract

The selection of main and auxiliary engines is a substantial design phase for powering ships. Considering the economic concerns and environmental measures, high-efficient, low-emission and suitable engines should be selected, installed and operated on onboard ships. In this study, the main and auxiliary engines of active 20 Bodrum Gulets are analysed and the hull forms of these yachts are modelled for resistance and power calculations. Holtrop-Mennen method is used for obtaining the total resistance of the selected yachts, and the design power requirements are compared with those of the actual data for environmental impact evaluation. Finally, the solutions to increase the energy efficiency of yachts are offered from the design perspective. According to the results, it is revealed that most of the yachts have larger engines causing higher fuel consumption and pollutant emissions compared to the design data. Considering the efficient engine operating conditions, the load factors of main engines operated in some yachts are very low or very high causing up to 6% higher fuel consumption compared to the data supplied by the engine manufacturers.

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Abbreviations

B :

Breadth, m

E :

Annual amount of CO2 emission (ton/year)

FC:

Fuel consumption (ton/year)

k :

Form factor

L :

Length, m

LNG:

Liquefied natural gas

R :

Resistance, kN

SFOC:

Specific fuel oil consumption

T :

Draught, m

V :

Speed, kt

C P :

Prismatic coefficient

ρ :

Density, kg/m3

g :

Gravitational acceleration, m/s2

∇:

Displacement volume, m3

γ :

Emission factor (kg/kg)

ƞ :

Efficiency

b:

Brake

F:

Frictional

e:

Effective

OA:

Overall

T:

Total

V:

Viscous

W:

Wave

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  1. Department of Motor Vehicles and Transportation Technologies, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey

    Mehmet Akman & Bülent İbrahim Turan

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  1. Maritime Faculty, Piri Reis University, Istanbul, Türkiye

    M. Ziya Sogut

  2. Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Türkiye

    T. Hikmet Karakoc

  3. Technology Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Sakarya, Türkiye

    Omer Secgin

  4. School of Aviation, Süleyman Demirel University, Keciborlu, Isparta, Türkiye

    Alper Dalkiran

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Akman, M., Turan, B.İ. (2023). Energy-Efficient Yacht Design: An Investigation on the Environmental Impacts of Engine Selection for Bodrum Gulets. In: Sogut, M.Z., Karakoc, T.H., Secgin, O., Dalkiran, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 2022 International Symposium on Energy Management and Sustainability . ISEMAS 2022. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30171-1_49

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