Research on Hydrodynamic Performance of Front-Mounted Water Separation Propeller

Abstract:

The Front-mounted Water Separation Propeller is a new-type energy saving propulsion device, on which it’s necessary to make research. A numerical simulation on the hydrodynamic performance of the Front-mounted Water Separation Propeller by RANS method was performed. The simple ship models with and without Front-mounted Water Separation Propeller were established and meshed by using hybrid grid. The drag performances of the ship model with and without Front-mounted Water Separation Propeller were performed separately by using Kω-SST turbulence model and VOF model. The method provided in this article is proved to be effective by make comparison between the simulation results and the model test results. The results show that the ship resistance can be reduced by using the Front-mounted Water Separation Propeller.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 166-169)
• Pages: 2976-2981
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.166-169.2976
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Feng Feng, Xin Chang, Xiang Ru Cheng, Xiang Yang Qi
• Keywords: Drag Reduction, Front-Mounted Water Separation Propeller, Propulsion, Volume of Fluid (VOF)

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