AIRCOAT SIGNED
Air Induced friction Reducing ship COATing
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Project "AIRCOAT" data sheet
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| Coordinator |
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
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| Coordinator Country | Germany [DE] |
| Total cost | 5˙901˙541 € |
| EC max contribution | 5˙299˙097 € (90%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.3.4. (SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport) |
| Code Call | H2020-MG-2017-Two-Stages |
| Funding Scheme | IA |
| Starting year | 2018 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2018-05-01 to 2021-04-30 |
Partnership
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| 1 | FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. | DE (MUNCHEN) | coordinator | 1˙138˙625.00 |
| 2 | KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | DE (KARLSRUHE) | participant | 1˙004˙166.00 |
| 3 | HAMBURGISCHE SCHIFFBAU-VERSUCHSANSTALT GMBH | DE (HAMBURG) | participant | 655˙225.00 |
| 4 | HOCHSCHULE BREMEN | DE (Bremen) | participant | 648˙568.00 |
| 5 | AVERY DENNISON MATERIALS BELGIUM | BE (SOIGNIES) | participant | 552˙986.00 |
| 6 | DANAOS SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED | CY (LIMASSOL) | participant | 334˙075.00 |
| 7 | PPG COATINGS EUROPE BV | NL (AMSTERDAM) | participant | 307˙302.00 |
| 8 | REVOLVE WATER | BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 281˙531.00 |
| 9 | AQUABIOTECH LIMITED | MT (MOSTA) | participant | 211˙338.00 |
| 10 | ILMATIETEEN LAITOS | FI (HELSINKI) | participant | 165˙278.00 |
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Project objective
The overall goal of AIRCOAT is to make European waterborne transport more energy efficient and less polluting by developing a disruptive hull coating that reduces the frictional resistance of ships. The AIRCOAT project will enhance a passive air lubrication technology that utilises the biomimetic Salvinia effect. This effect enables trapping air through combination of a hydrophobic micro-structured surface with hydrophilic pins. The project will technologically implement this effect on a self-adhesive foil system. Applying a ship with such an AIRCOAT foil will produce a thin permanent air layer, which reduces the overall frictional resistance while acting as a physical barrier between water and hull surface. Besides substantially reducing main engine fuel oil consumption and hence exhaust gas emission, the air barrier further inhibits the attachment of fouling, the release of biocide substances (of underlying coatings) to the water and mitigates the radiation of ship noise. As a refit technology, it is immediately applicable to the whole fleet, is independent of the fuel type and can be combined with other efficiency improving technologies. Consequently, the technology creates both an economical and an environmental benefit. The interdisciplinary AIRCOAT consortium will develop small-scale prototypes to optimise the surface characteristics of this new technology supported by experimental and numerical methods. AIRCOAT will further produce large-scale pilots to demonstrate the efficiency and industrial feasibility in operational environments (laboratory, research ships and container ship). Finally, the project will perform a full-scale validation process to boost the technology towards market readiness. The AIRCOAT project will demonstrate the high potential of this game-changing technology to revolutionise the maritime coating sector and to become a ground-breaking future energy efficiency and emission reduction technology.
Deliverables
| Visual Identity and Website | Documents, reports | 2020-03-24 10:51:04 |
| Plan for the Exploitation and Dissemina-tion of Results (PEDR) | Documents, reports | 2020-03-24 10:51:03 |
| AIRCOAT concept specifications | Documents, reports | 2020-03-24 10:51:03 |
| S1 test report | Documents, reports | 2020-03-24 10:51:06 |
| Project Handbook | Documents, reports | 2020-03-24 10:51:07 |
Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of AIRCOAT deliverables.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
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| 2019 |
René Schade Fabrication and characterization of air under water in contact with oil published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Aline Weicht Investigation of the potential of bio-inspired, 3D printed surface structures for resistance reduction published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Ingo Medebach Diffusive self-renewal of an air layer under water published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Moritz Fischer Production of microstructured, air-holding surfaces and influence of collective effects on the stability of the air conditioning published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Jonathan Blade Numerical investigation of the stability of the phase interface of an air-holding surface according to the Salvinia effect published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Caroline Fengler Wetting and dewetting behavior of air-retaining microstructured surfaces under water published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Lennart Stücker Development of a sensor system to monitor air retaining surfaces under water published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Philipp Dorwarth Biofouling of Air-Retaining Microstructured Surface in Water published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Oliver Oettinger Investigation of the influence of oil on the water surface on air-holding layers published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Miriam Henn Characterization of selected siloxanes for the manufaturing of submarine air-retaining surfaces published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 | |
| 2019 |
Simon Fetsch Influence of the curvature of the phase interface of an air-holding surface modeled on Salvina molesta on the flow resistance published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: |
2019-12-17 |
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