Projects: Details for ETI-HD1050
Details for ETI-HD1050
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| Reference Number |
ETI-HD1050 |
| Title |
Flettner Rotor Sails |
| Status |
Completed |
| Energy Categories |
Energy Efficiency(Transport) 100%; |
| Research Types |
Applied Research and Development 100% |
| Science and Technology Fields |
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation |
Not Cross-cutting 100% |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact
No email address given
Shell UK Ltd
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| Award Type |
Institute Project |
| Funding Source |
ETI |
| Start Date |
04 August 2017 |
| End Date |
31 December 2019 |
| Duration |
29 months |
| Total Grant Value |
£3,500,000 |
| Industrial Sectors |
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| Region |
Scotland |
| Programme |
Transport - Heavy Duty Vehicles |
| Investigators |
Principal Investigator |
Project Contact , Shell UK Ltd (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator |
Project Contact , A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, Denmark (0.001%)
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| Web Site |
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| Objectives |
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| Abstract |
This project uses Flettner Rotor data gathered from the M/V Estraden, to validate models built by UCL and BMT Defence Services Ltd. The validated models will be used to predict performance of Flettner Rotors on a tanker. |
| Publications |
(none)
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| Final Report |
(none)
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| Added to Database |
20/08/18 |
