MINIMIZING FUEL CONSUMPTION IN OCEAN VESSELS

The rate at which a ship consumes fuel is nonlinearly related to both speed and amount of fuel in the ship's tanks. A model for this phenomenon is developed. The problem of finding the velocity pattern (as a function of time) necessary to move the ship between two fixed points in a fixed amount of time is then considered. It is determined that the optimal velocity pattern is a constant. A typical numerical example is presented to illustrate the savings in fuel which might result when compared to other possible velocity patterns.

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• Authors:
  • Heinen, J A
  • Schane, R N
  • Bielefeld, J M
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 44-46
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Indust Elect & Control Instru
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fuel consumption; Operating costs; Routing; Ship motion; Ships; Speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship routing
• Old TRIS Terms: Ship speed prediction
• Subject Areas: Energy; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050527
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Vol IECI-20, No. 1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM