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More accurate space weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could someday result from new insights into space waves, researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni
More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could someday result from new insights into “space waves,” researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University reported May 4, 2023, in the journal “Nature Communications."
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Bureau Veritas awards air lubrication system approval to GILLS PTE LTD
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has been working with GILLS PTE LTD in Singapore to assess the performance of its innovative air lubrication system to improve ship efficiency and decrease fuel burn by reducing the drag of an underwater hull.
GILLS, which stands for gas injected liquid lubrication systems, deploys NACA profiles to create self-generating micro-bubbles for ‘turbulent modulation’ which has a ‘hull-tightening’ effect (see below), reducing drag and energy requirements. The self-generating nature of micro-bubble clouds with no requirement for air-compression and additional energy requirements is one of the features of the GILLS system.
GILLS PTE wins BV air lubrication system approval May 10, 2021, by Fatima Bahtić
Singapore-based company GILLS PTE has secured Approval in Principle (AiP) for its GILLS Air Lubrication System from the classification society Bureau Veritas.
The company has developed a gas-injected liquid lubrication system (GILLS) to drive energy efficiency and reduce fuel consumption in the shipping industry. As disclosed, the fuel savings achieved by the system reach approximately 10 percent.
Courtesy of GILLS PTE
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The GILLS systems have been installed on an existing vessel for a number of years now and the vessel owners are confident that the fuel savings are approximately 10%,”