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The sizing of the power to be installed in a vessel depends on the desired Effective Power (\(P_E\)) and how efficient the energy conversion process is carried out in each of its components. Screw type are the most widely used propellers and their selection determines to a greater extent the overall efficiency of the unit. An interactive tool that accelerates the selection of the most efficient propeller for two different series, the Gawn and the B-Wageningen, is presented and is used for a design case of study where the required \(P_E\) of an electrically-powered vessel is known. The comparative analysis provided by the tool allowed to determine a difference in performance parameters of almost 10% between different propellers series, to estimate the installed power values, and to characterize the geometrical parameters for a commercial selection approach.
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Authors would like to thank Universidad EAFIT and the alliance “ENERGETICA 2030”, which is a Research Program, with code 58667 from the “Colombia Científica” initiative, funded by The World Bank through the call “778-2017 Scientific Ecosystems”. The research program is managed by the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias) with contract No. FP44842-210-2018.
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Mira, JD., Gómez-Oviedo, S., Betancur, E., Mejía-Gutiérrez, R. (2020). Preliminary Sizing of a Propulsion Unit for an Electrically-Powered Vessel Using a Screw Propellers Performance Comparison Tool. In: Figueroa-García, J.C., Garay-Rairán, F.S., Hernández-Pérez, G.J., Díaz-Gutierrez, Y. (eds) Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering. WEA 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61834-6_40
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