ACANFORA , Maria

A proper estimation of the ship accelerations, particularly in the transversal direction, is fundamental for predicting the risk of cargo shifts and inherent structural damages in severe irregular seas. A specific situation worth to be considered in this context is the so-called dead ship condition, in which the ship, because of a loss of...

The article proposes various methodologies aiming at reducing fuel consumption and emissions of a ro-ro pax ferry currently in service on the Genoa-Palermo route. Maintaining the actual 24-hour service total time (departure, navigation, maneuver, and stopover in the arrival port), a navigation speed reduction is proposed, compensated by...

An efficient operation of marine diesel engines, onboard ships, requires advanced monitoring and diagnostic techniques for early detection of faults and degradation in the propulsion or power generation system. This complex problem has been recently approached by digital-twin-based fault detection models. In this paper, we report on two methods...

The paper presents a thermodynamic simulator of a marine four-stroke medium speed engine, fueled by methanol. The study stems from the current lack of information on methanol marine engines, whereas there is a growing interest in this type of alternative fuel, also in the maritime field. The numerical model, developed in Matlab©-Simulink©...