Air Induced friction Reducing ship COATing

Project Information

AIRCOAT

Grant agreement ID: 764553

DOI

10.3030/764553

Project closed

EC signature date 24 April 2018

Start date 1 May 2018

End date 30 April 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost

€ 5 901 541,25

EU contribution

€ 5 299 097,38

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (21)

AIRCOAT final event press release

Report on the press release of the AIRCOAT final event

AIRCOAT field test report

Report of all performed field tests with AIRCOAT

L1 verification (CFD) report

Report on the results of the CFD simulations of the large-scale application pilot 1 (L1)

AIRCOAT concept specifications

Report on the specified AIRCOAT concept as agreed in concept workshop.

Visual Identity and Website

Report on the AIRCOAT Visual Identity and the project Website launch

L* verification (CFD) report

Report on the results of the CFD simulations of the largescale application pilot L

L* emission report

Report on the ship emission modelling of individual vessels and the global fleet if equipped with the largescale application pilot L

Project Handbook

Project Handbook document, which details the project management and organisation of the project.

S1 test report

Report on the experimental test results of the small-scale testing prototype 1 (S1).

Operational demonstrating AIRCOAT on container ship

Report on the operational demonstrations of the AIRCOAT foil on the container ship

Economic & environmental viability of a full-scale AIRCOAT solution

Report on the economic environmental viability of a fullscale AIRCOAT solution

AIRCOAT scaling report

Report on results about upscaling of the surface structures to larger scales ship hulls

Near-operational hydrodynamic tests report

Report on the results of experiments with AIRCOAT in the large Hydrodynamics and Cavitation Tunnel HYKAT

S* test report

Report on the experimental test results of the smallscale testing prototype S

AIRCOAT concept revised

Report on the revised AIRCOAT concept as agreed in concept revision workshop.

AIRCOAT small-scale prototype production process

Report on the small-scale testing prototype production process.

Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemina-tion of Results (PEDR)

PEDR document showing intended measures and activities of the partners to enable dissemination, exploitation and protection of the projects results

Small-scale CFD report

Report on the results of the computational fluid dynamic simulations of the small-scale testing prototype.

L1 emission report

Report on the ship emission modelling of individual vessels and the global fleet if equipped with the large-scale application pilot 1 (L1)

Air layer quantification & monitoring processes

Report on air layer quantification and monitoring processes as investigated in AIRCOAT

AIRCOAT exploitation roadmap

Report on the aspired roadmap for AIRCOAT exploitation after the project

Publications

Book chapters (2)

Reibungsreduktion und Antifouling mit bionischer Beschichtung

Author(s): Thomas Schimmel
Published in: Materialforschung: Impulsgeber Natur - Innovationsptoential biologisch inspirierter Materialien (acatech DISKUSSION), 2019, Page(s) 62
Publisher: ed P. Fratzl, K. Jacobs, M. Möller, T. Scheibel, K. Sternberg (München: utzverlag GmbH)

Friction Reduction and Antifouling with Bionic Coating

Author(s): Thomas Schimmel
Published in: Materials Research: Inspired by Nature – Innovation Potential of Biologically Inspired Materials (acatech DISCUSSION), 2020, Page(s) 59
Publisher: ed P. Fratzl, K. Jacobs, M. Möller, T. Scheibel, K. Sternberg

Peer reviewed articles (2)

Air Retention under Water by the Floating Fern Salvinia : The Crucial Role of a Trapped Air Layer as a Pneumatic Spring

Author(s): Daniel Gandyra, Stefan Walheim, Stanislav Gorb, Petra Ditsche, Wilhelm Barthlott, Thomas Schimmel
Published in: Small, Issue 16/42, 2020, Page(s) 2003425, ISSN 1613-6810
Publisher: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbbH & Co.
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202003425

Underwater noise emissions from ships during 2014–2020

Author(s): J.-P. Jalkanen, L. Johansson, M. H. Andersson, E. Majamäki and P. Sigray
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 119766, 2022, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119766

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Sailing on Air

Author(s): AIRCOAT team
Published in: Baltic Transport Journal, Issue n°2/2022 April-May 2022, 2022, Page(s) pp70-73, ISSN 1733-6732
Publisher: Baltic Press S.P Z.O.O

Conference proceedings (5)

From nature to green shipping: Assessing the economic and environmental potential of AIRCOAT on low-draught ships

Author(s): Johannes Oeffner, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Stefan Walheim, Thomas Schimmel
Published in: Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, Issue 8, 2020, ISBN 978-952-311-484-5
Publisher: Publisher Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom

Passive Air Lubrication: Demonstrating a Research Vessel Coated with a Hull of Air

Author(s): Stefan Walheim, Thomas Schimmel, Matthias Barczewski, Lutz Speichermann-Jägel, Robert Droll, Susanna Dullenkopf-Beck, Johannes Oeffner, Jonathan Weisheit, Jean-Christophe Minor, Marina Beltri
Published in: 13th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles HIPER’21, Issue 13th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles HIPER’21 Tullamore, 13-15 September 2021, 2021, Page(s) pp 203-208
Publisher: Hamburg, Technische Universität Hamburg

Validation of a Flow Channel to Investigate Velocity Profiles of Friction-Reducing Ship Coatings

Author(s): Jonathan Weisheit, Vincent E. Schneider, Johanna M. Serr, Nils Hagemeister, Johannes Oeffner
Published in: Thee International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, 2021
Publisher: Gdynia Maritime University
DOI: 10.12716/1001.15.01.24

Reducing Friction with Passive Air Lubrication: Initial Experimental Results and the Numerical Validation Concept of AIRCOAT

Author(s): Johannes Oeffner, Nils Hagemeister, Fraunhofer CML, Herbert Bretschneider, Thomas Schimmel, Carlos Jahn
Published in: 12th Symposium on High-Performance Marine Vehicles, Issue 12, 2020, ISBN 978-3-89220-718-4
Publisher: Technische Universität Hamburg

Biomimetic self-adhesives foils instead of paints A business case for a sustainable ship hull coating

Author(s): Johannes Oeffner, Jonathan Weisheit, Fotis Oikonomou, Thomas Schimmel, Carlos Jahn
Published in: 2021 World of Shipping Portugal, An International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs, 2021, ISBN 978-989-33-1436-4
Publisher: World of Shipping Portugal

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (2)

METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AIR-RETAINING FILM WITH TEXTURED SURFACE, AND AN AIR-RETAINING FILM WITH TEXTURED SURFACE

Application/Publication number: 19 766397
Date: 2019-08-28
Applicant(s): AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS BELGIUM

GAS-CONTAINING SURFACE COVER, ARRANGEMENT, AND USE

Application/Publication number: 13 712680
Date: 2013-02-22
Applicant(s): KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE