Ship&Offshore | Issue GreenTech/2021
Air lubrication cuts fuel burn
Tests of an air lubrication system on board the 170,000m3 LNG carrier, Methane Patricia Camila , have confirmed fuel savings of 6.6%, according to clean technology company, Silverstream Technologies and vessel charterer, Shell. The retrofitted technology was tested by engineers from the two companies at various vessel speeds during the ship’s normal operations. Silverstream’s air lubrication technology is based on the creation of a thin layer of microbubbles over the flat bottom of a ship. This reduces frictional resistance....