The Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) is a system that reduces the
viscous resistance component of the hull of
ship by creating a layer of
air bubbles below the
hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
of the ship. This reduces
frictional resistance between the hull and the
seawater. The system has been designed for
bulk carriers and
passenger ship
A passenger ship is a merchant ship whose primary function is to carry passengers on the sea. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freig ...
s. The blower uses a motor to generate the
bubbles, and is mainly designed for use on flat hulls. A similar system is also made b
Silverstream technologies
It is expected to yield a 10-15% reduction of
carbon dioxide emissions, and also significant savings of
fuel
A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but ...
.
References
External links and references
Video of how Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System worksA link of how Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System works
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