Leveraging Shore-Side, Building Energy Simulation Tools for Use in the Shipboard Environment

摘要

Within the confines of the Maritime Prescreening Assessment of Conservation Technologies program, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in collaboration with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock and Philadelphia Divisions, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, recently developed a physics-based modeling engine to evaluate non-propulsive ship energy and technology applications, in order to enhance the Navy's ability to optimize ship operational reach as tactical performance. To accomplish this, a mature thermophysical modeling software, EnergyPlus (TM), was modified for ship-related applications. This software, originally developed for use in whole-building energy consumption studies, is a free and open-source simulation program that has been used for more than two decades.