EU Success at the Waterborne Awards 2023!
![Bow foil technology testing](/img/smmi/news/towing-tank-model-testing.jpg)
The Waterborne Awards 2023 recognised four outstanding European projects which demonstrated significant impact and innovation. The Environmental impact and climate change award was awarded to the SeaTech consortium (https://seatech2020.eu/). The EU funded SeaTech consortium, is developing two symbiotic ship engine and propulsion innovations, which, when combined, will lead to a great increase of fuel efficiency and radical emission reductions.
The University of Southampton, a key consortium partner led by Dr Nicholas Townsend (PI) and Dr James Bowker . They have been investigating the hydrodynamic performance of the bow foil technology, including experimental validation in the Boldrewood Towing Tank .
The principle of the bow foil, similar to that of a whale tail, generates a net thrust reducing the delivered power required to maintain a given speed in waves. This reduces the pitch and heave motion, reducing the added resistance in waves.
The work has led to several publications to date including:
Evaluation of bow foils on ship delivered power in waves using model tests
A probabilistic method to evaluate bow foils for realistic seas and shipping routes
![Seatech waterborne winners](/img/smmi/news/waterborne-awards.png)