Open AccessThe Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency and Eco-friendliness of the Specific Danube Inland Vessels. First Stage
Author(s) -
Т. В. Тарасенко,
Vitalii Zalozh,
Sergiy Maksymov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1297/1/012019
Subject(s) - towing , work (physics) , environmental science , propulsion , marine engineering , efficient energy use , transport engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , aerospace engineering
Present state of the Danube shipping is differed by insufficient provision of navigation conditions, age composition of the fleet, as well as the fleet specifics – its ability to work throughout the Danube (over 2000 km) when loaded with heavy caravans from non-self-propelled vessels. This specificity significantly differentiates the Danube navigation from navigation on other inland waterways in Europe, which provided year-round through depths, range of transitions to ten times less, and the work carried out for the most part self-propelled dry cargo and tanker vessels. The study deals with the build a common model for managing energy efficiency and environmental performance of a self-propelled river towing and traction fleet. The differences in transportation technologies in international maritime, European inland and Danube shipping are shown. The issues of rationing of harmful emissions into the atmosphere in shipping on European inland waterways are considered. The analysis of energy efficiency indicators established in international maritime shipping, as well as the peculiarities of their use in inland navigation, was carried out. The principles of the application of energy efficiency indicators to the assessment of environmental indicators of ships in inland navigation have been determined, taking into account the specifics of navigation conditions and other factors determining the operating modes of the ship propulsion complex. Innovative approach in the study lies in the fact that in the known studies carried out earlier, were considered the Danube fleet operating on the upper sections of the Danube. According to this, the practical solution to the problem of determining the potential to reduce harmful emissions for the existing fleet as well as the formation of the concept of energy efficiency management in the shipping industry is unresolved. Consequently, the ways of achieving energy efficiency while reducing the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere were identified. A possibility of controlling characteristics of energy efficiency of existing Danube traction and self-propelled fleet without significant modernization and upgrades is presented.