 Open water diagram

 Efficiency, Propeller-hull interaction, Quality

index
 S
Systematici propellers
ll series
i
 Propeller design through series
◦ Choice of Propeller D
D, n
n, Ae/A0
Ae/A0, Z
 Practise Exam
◦ Wo 5 okt
okt, 7e uur Zaal E
E, vraag 1 – Weerstands
berekening
◦ Wo 12 okt, 7e uur Zaal E, vraag 2 – Schroef
b
berekening
k
 Lift
Resulting L Thrust
force T 
R Angle of
 attack
vA
 Advance
Torque
T velocity
force circumferential speed water
Q/r of blade
Drag
D pitch angle vt=0 7nD
0.7


From lecture mt219 Marine Engineering

– Peter de Vos
 PE RVS
D  
PD 2 Qn


1 t T VA 1
2 1  w  Qn
1  t 1 VA T  n2 D5 O 
KT J
 K Q 2
1 w 2   n D 
nD 2 4
Q

H J KT KQ
 R

KT J K Q ,O K T J
O   , Thrust Identity
K Q , B 2 K Q , B K Q ,O 2

R

KT J K T , B K T ,O J
O   , Torque Identity
K Q , B 2 KT ,O K Q 2

R
 Definition of Quality Index

O
QI 
I
 Ideal efficiency comes from Actuator Disk
consideration on axial energy losses
2
I 
1  1  CT
 Wageningen B series
 Kaplan Series
 (M)AU Series

 Large BAR/Pitch/Blade number range

Max efficiency and opt. P/D
can be read directly once Bp
is known!
Independent variables KT and KQ

• Use KQ/J3 when power is known

to determine operating point J

• Use KT/Jx when thrust is known

to determine operating point J

• Any 2 of 3 variables in J should

be known to determine third from
non dimensional
di i l working
ki point i t
Operating point???
  KT  2  T n D  2  T  2
2 2
KT   2 J  2 4 2 
J   2 2 
J
J    n D VA  DVA 

Constant en bekend

 Max Diameter fixed by afterbody

D
Determination
i i off optimum
i propeller
ll diameter
di
 Optimum
O ti depends
d d on required
i d velocity,
l it
thrust and rpm
 Optimum rarely lies on the top of an open
water curve
 Optimum
Opt u ca
can be as low
o as 35
35-40%
0% for
o
certain choices of propulsion