Economic feasibility of sail power devices on Great Lakes bulk carriers

Technical Report · Wed Mar 24 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5346226

Progress is reported in a project to determine whether retro-fitting existing Great Lakes bulk carriers with auxiliary sail powering devices is economically feasible. The approach being used is to apply known technology both in terms of sail devices and calculation methods to determine the amount of fuel that can be saved and the probable cost of the sail device. Progress includes the identification and collection of data needed to determine the state of the art as well as to model the problem. Several sail powering devices were compared and an unstayed cat rig was chosen for further analysis and its performance characteristics were incorporated into a computer model, which is flow charted. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Graham and Schlageter, Inc., Chicago, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-81R510288
• OSTI ID: 5346226
• Report Number(s): DOE/R5/10288-1; ON: DE82015222
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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