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标题：EU-CargoXpress: Wind Propulsion Concept
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作者：Patricia Izaguirre-Alza ; Patricia Izaguirre-Alza ; Luis Pérez-Rojas 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：48
页码：1314-1323
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1107
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThe EU-CargoXpress project suggests the usage of sustainable energies to reduce the fuel consumption. The updated concept consists of hoisting the superstructure and using it as a sail together with the conventional propulsion. This paper presents the study of the sail performance by means of a computational analysis and wind tunnel tests. Moreover, a research of the energy saving in different operational areas has been conducted. It is concluded that there is a significant energy saving by using the superstructure as a sail which leads to a reduction of fossil fuel consumption and consequently, a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
关键词：Sail;aerodynamics;computational fluid dynamics;wind tunnel;fuel consumption ;