SAVING FUEL COST: IMPROVING PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCY WITH SPECIAL DEVICES AND DESIGNS

This presentation deals with the hydrodynamic aspects of some new designs and devices aimed at increasing propulsive efficiency, such as speed adapted propellers, various types of propeller nozzles, wake improvement ducts, tip vortex-free propellers, and a vane wheel called the Grim wheel, after its inventor.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report
• Corporate Authors:

  Lips Propeller Works

  Drunen,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van Beek, T
  • Verbeek, R
  • Schneiders, C C
• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ducted propellers; Engine efficiency; Fuel conservation; Hydrodynamics; Propulsion; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Grim wheel (Vane wheel); Propeller nozzles; Propulsive efficiency; Tip vortex free propellers; Vane wheels
• Subject Areas: Energy; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657514
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM