ENGINE – PROPELLER

MATCHING
Muhammad Sawal Baital
OUTLINE

Resistance & Power

Hull & Propeller

Characteristics

Hull & Propeller

Interaction
Resistance & Power

Estimate total calm water Naked resistance of hull +

Note
Resistance ( RT ) at speed resistance of appendages
(v)

Effective power ( PE )
RT x v

ηD = ηO ηH ηR
Estimate quasi-propulsive ηO = open water efficiency
Note
coefficient ( ηD ) ηH = hull efficiency
ηR = relative rotative efficiency
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Delivered power ( PD )
PD = PE / ηD

Correlation between model and

Estimate model-ship ship. Corrects for differences
Note between model predictions for
correlation factor ( SCF ) delivered power in calm water
and ship trial results

Corrected delivered
power
PD ship = PD model x SCF
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Losses between delivered
Transmission losses power and that provided by
Note
( ηT ) engine, typically ηT = 0.98 for
engine aft, ηT = 0.95 for
geared main engines.

Service power ( Ps )
PS = PDship / ηT

Allowances on installed power

Margins for
Note
( Roughness, fouling, roughness, fouling and
weather ) weather,
typically 15% - 30% depending
on
service and route
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Total installed power

( PI )
( brake power )
PI = ( PE / ηD ) x SCF x ( 1 / ηT ) + margin
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Characteristics
Ship Ship Thrust Propeller
Resistance Propeller
characteristics in
open water test
condition represented
by KT – J Diagram
( Wageningen Series )

if,

thus
Hull – Propeller Interaction

Hull-Prop. Propeller
Used to find performance at
Interaction
(Approach) operation condition
(behind the ship)
Hull – Propeller Interaction

if

and

then
Hull – Propeller Interaction

recall

and

then
Hull – Propeller Interaction
 Hull – Propeller Interaction

Advance coeff. = Advance coeff. =

0.615 0.600
Thrust coeff. = Thrust coeff. =
0.175 0.175
Open water efficiency = Open water efficiency =
0.625 0.605
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Advance coeff. = Advance coeff. =

0.615 0.625
Thrust coeff. = Thrust coeff. =
0.175 0.180
Open water efficiency = Open water efficiency =
0.625 0.635
Conclusion

Propeller
characteristics
• Number of blade
• Diameter of
propeller
• Blade ratio

• Rotation per minutes /

second ( rpm / rps )
• Pitch rasio
Thank You