Von Karman Institute - Fluid Dynamics in Maritime Applications

Fluid Dynamics in Zero-emission Shipping

Clean Hydrogen Propulsion for Ships (CHyPS): To support users in the trade-offs they have to make when investing in zeroemission propulsion systems

Expertise at VKI in LH2 propellant:

• Provide a fast & reliable prediction of the liquid hydrogen tank storage status
• Development of a simple predictive model to simulate the thermal response of H2 for different scenarios
• Experimental Validation & Calibration of the Model
  • Calibration of the predictive model requires high-fidelity data issued from experiments and simulations
  • Develop high-fidelity simulations to be as close as possible to the reality

Wind propulsion

WindMaster Cooperation

• New ship design, with combination of kite and wingsail to maximise wind power
• Including aerodynamic studies, 1/10 scale and full scale tests
• In cooperation with Beyond the Sea, Propelwind, ADV Propulse, …

Weather based Route Optimization

New Project under development: Weather and Satellite Remote Sensing based route optimization for wind assisted ships