Using the forward movement of a container ship navigating in the Arctic to air-cool a marine organic Rankine cycle unit

• Main Authors: Suárez de la Fuente, Santiago, Larsen, Ulrik, Pawling, Rachel, García Kerdan, Iván, Greig, Alistair, Bucknall, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544218312088

Ice coverage in the Arctic is declining, opening up new shipping routes which can drastically reduce voyage lengths between Asia and Europe. There is also a drive to improve ships energy efficiency to meet international emissions design regulations such as the mandated Energy Efficiency Design Index. The organic Rankine cycle is one thermodynamic cycle that is being actively examined to improve the design and operational efficiency of ships. Shipping; Arctic; Efficiency; CO2 emission reductions; Air-cooling; Waste heat recovery systems; Organic Rankine cycle;