A Green and Economic Future of Inland Waterway Shipping

Sihn, Wilfried; Pascher, Heimo; Ott, K.O.; Stein, Sandra; Schumacher, Andreas; Mascolo, G.

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2015.02.171

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“…The propulsion system in the described variant of the ship consists of two twin hybrid propulsion units, described in detail in Section 4. Each propulsion unit drives the controllable pitch propeller through a shaft line, supported by ecological water-lubricated bearings [23,34,35]. Azimuth thrusters may be used as an option.…”

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“…However, outside densely populated areas, when the ship is moving at the cruising speed due to the limited capacity of current energy storage technologies and the higher power demand, it is necessary to use an internal combustion engine. At the same time, the use of a combustion engine in a hybrid drive does not preclude driving it with low-emission fuel (e.g., LNG instead of diesel fuel), [23][24][25]. The drive could have two modes of operation depending on the actual operational load.…”

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Experimental Research on the Energy Efficiency of a Parallel Hybrid Drive for an Inland Ship

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The growing requirements for limiting the negative impact of all modes of transport on the natural environment mean that clean technologies are becoming more and more important. The global trend of e-mobility also applies to sea and inland water transport. This article presents the results of experimental tests carried out on a life-size, parallel diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system. The efficiency of the propulsion system was analysed for two modes of operation (electric and diesel) and for different engine speeds and loads. Analysis of the impact of using a hybrid propulsion system on fuel consumption was carried out on a case study vessel and for six actual journeys. The use of hybrid propulsion in "zero emission" mode enables up to four times higher energy efficiency when compared to a conventional drive, while reducing CO 2 emissions and air pollution to zero, as well as a hundred-fold reduction in noise emissions. High flexibility in the operation of such a drive enables the use of intelligent power control technology (smart propulsion). This article shows that the use of hybrid propulsion reduces the negative impact on the environment to a minimum and allows for a significant reduction in the vessel's operating costs.

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Experimental Research on the Energy Efficiency of a Parallel Hybrid Drive for an Inland Ship

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“…Numerous publications by authors from all over the world can be found in recent literature which focus on economic issues of applications of propulsion systems on inland and sea-going vessels and their effect on the environment [12] [17]. More and more attention is also paid to noise emission by watercraft units [18] [19].…”

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Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Conversion of Inland Passenger Vessel

Litwin

Leśniewski

Kowalski

2017

Polish Maritime Research

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“…Dissatisfied with the weaker implementation, regionally-based green initiatives have been adopted including the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control, European Union's green legislations and various market-based initiatives [14]. Most existing studies on green shipping have attempted either to solve technical problems to design, operation and other business aspects [10,[15][16][17][18], or to survey opinions of stakeholders based on survey or interviews [1,10,11,13,14,19]. No studies, except Lai et al [4], however, have yet examined the motivations of shipping companies on why they practice green shipping activities.…”

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Green Shipping Practices of Shipping Firms

Chang¹,

Danao²

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The primary objective of this study is to provide an empirical research using structural equation modeling to identify the factors that motivate shipping firms to adopt green shipping practices (GSP). Furthermore, it also examines if adopting GSP can enhance the shipping firms' environmental and productivity performance. The findings show that shipping firms are motivated to adopt GSP mostly by industrial norms set by institutionalized associations. They are also motivated by customers' demand for environmental friendliness and their own strategy to make good image. Unlike our expectation, government regulations and international environmental laws are not significant in influencing shipping firms to adopt GSP. Moreover, adoption of green shipping practices can improve the environmental and productivity performance of the shipping firms.

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A Green and Economic Future of Inland Waterway Shipping

Cited by 23 publications

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Experimental Research on the Energy Efficiency of a Parallel Hybrid Drive for an Inland Ship

Experimental Research on the Energy Efficiency of a Parallel Hybrid Drive for an Inland Ship

Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Conversion of Inland Passenger Vessel

Green Shipping Practices of Shipping Firms

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