Performance TS820 RFR

Performance 110.000 DWT vessel, 2 x TS820 THiiiNksail© Patented RFR Flap Flettner Rotors

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TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors are approximately 14 times more efficient than traditional sails and can operate in winds up to Beaufort force 10

Figures re. Thrust in equivalent propulsion power in KW for 14 knots ship speed based on equivalent assumed propeller efficiency, based on apparent wind angles, IE wind angles measured on board the ship performance wind 90 degrees.

Vessel  with 2 x TS820  at BF4 / Wind 90° / max thrust  /   6.120 KW
Vessel  with 2 x TS820  at BF5 / Wind 90° / max thrust  /  11.226 KW
Vessel  with 2 x TS820  at BF6 / Wind 90° / max thrust  /  18.674 KW
Vessel  with 2 x TS820  at BF7 / Wind 90° / max thrust  /  21.672 KW

The RFR rotor system can operate safely up till BF 10.

Fuel savings: DMI Executive Summary 110.000 DWT ( Normal speed )

For a specific voyage from Cabot Strait to the English Channel, the effect of TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors are calculated to reduce the total main engine output by 28%. The results also show that the main engine output can be reduced by almost 40% by optimising the voyage planning in accordance with the TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors effect – instead of normal weather routing. These results are of course specific for this voyage and averaging over geographical and seasonal weather conditions would most likely result in less pronounced, reduced main engine outputs. However, in rough conditions where normal weather routing optimisation will dictate a longer route than the shortest Great Circle route, the reduction percentage of the main engine output could be significantly higher.

Fuel savings: DMI Executive Summary 110.000 DWT ( Slow steaming )

For a specific slow steaming voyage from Cabot Strait to the English Channel, the effect of the TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors are calculated to reduce the total main engine output by around 58%. This is when comparing with a direct GC- route with no TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors  and with no weather influence. Including the weather influence on the direct GC-route would result in higher reduction of the total main engine output, when using the TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors .

These results are of course specific for this voyage with this specific departure time. The geographical, seasonal and daily/hourly variations in wind conditions globally mean that these results cannot directly be used to estimate TS-820 RFR Rotor Flap Flettner rotors effect for other routes. However, it is important to notice that the wind conditions for this specific voyage were far from optimum, since both too strong and too weak winds were encountered.

It is also worth noticing that for both speeds along the optimised route, the arrival times are earlier than the corresponding GC-route at the same speed, even though no weather influence has been taken into account for the direct GC-routes.