Advanced Technologies of Ship Power Plants and Infrastructure of Seaports
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 September 2024 | Viewed by 1399
Special Issue Editors
Interests: application of alternative marine fuels; ship power plants; energy efficiency analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The issue and tasks of decarbonizing the maritime sector are inseparably linked to the global strategic goals of achieving climate neutrality, becoming the foundation for the advancement of smart ships and the development of maritime port infrastructure technologies. The problem of decarbonization is just as relevant for the maritime sector as it is for land transport, which is a major air pollutant. In the future, the environmental impact from ships will increase due to the increase in the global fleet and the associated consumption almost exclusively of fossil fuels. In this regard, the International Maritime Organization adopted amendments to MARPOL 73/78, which introduced the CO2 emission limitation indicator, the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), since 2023 m. January 01 Energy Efficiency eXisting ship Index (EEXI), and carbon intensity indicator (CII), which also serves as an indicator of a ship's energy efficiency. The regulated improvement in the short-term EEDI 20-30% allows for the implementation of a wide range of innovative technologies, which provide a reduction in the resistance to movement, cogeneration and trigeneration of secondary heat sources, effective use of unconventional and alternative fuels (including natural gas, synthetic alcohols, hydrogen, ammonium, etc.), improvement propulsion of ship by sources of alternative energy such as wind power (Magnus effect, for instance), solar power, etc. Achievement of a synergistic effect from the application of innovations provides a systematic approach of multilevel parametric optimization of the indicators of systems and power plants of the ship.
Ports are also a crucial link in improving shipping technologies to enhance environmental indicators and generally reduce the carbon dioxide emissions in the maritime sector towards sustainable development. Measures outlined in the "Fit for 55 package" foresee the implementation of such a comprehensive approach. Primarily, this includes transitioning energy facilities to renewable and low-carbon (RLC) options, reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain, developing and enhancing RLC and LNG bunkering port infrastructure, supplying electricity from shore to main EU TEN-T maritime ports, expanding the emissions trading system to the maritime sector, controlling energy consumption efficiency, and digitizing port management systems, among other initiatives.
This Special Issue is focused on a broad presentation of the results of scientific research, technological design, and regulatory decisions related to the above-mentioned aspects of the problem.
The results of scientific research and statistical data largely indicate a successful resolution of the decarbonization issue in the maritime sector, allowing for potential authors to publish articles in a Special Issue and to garner reader interest.
Prof. Dr. Sergejus Lebedevas
Dr. Paulius Rapalis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- decarbonization of shipping and maritime ports
- energy efficiency indices
- advanced technologies
- alternative fuels
- innovative ship propulsion
- parametric optimization
- SMART technologies for maritime ports
