Project description DEENESFRITPL New robot to keep ships clean Shipping is one of the world’s most polluting industries. It is responsible for over 3 % of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Current hull cleaning solutions are based on dry-dock and call-on-demand underwater services to clean ships in port. In search of better cleaning solutions, the EU-funded HCR project will introduce a novel on-board automatic hull cleaning robot. This robot will be permanently installed on the ship and available at any time, making it possible to carry out continuous cleaning with minimum crew involvement. Continuous cleaning will also prevent early formation of fouling and transportation of invasive species. Importantly, the robot will allow savings in fuel consumption and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The world fleet spends €74 billion/ year in fuel, corresponding to 325 million tonnes of fuel and the emission of 1,099 milliontonnes of CO2. If nothing is done shipping emissions will increase between 50% and 250% by 2050. It has been estimatedthat 10% of the vessels energy cost and emissions are due to fouling on the hull. Thus, if the entire world fleet were keptclean of fouling, the savings would be of 32.5 million tonnes of fuel/ year. So far, this is not possible because cleaningsolutions are based on expensive dry-dock and call-on-demand underwater services contracted to clean the ship in ports.These solutions have often poor quality, are expensive, unsafe for the divers and/ or maritime traffic and only provide atransient increase in the hull performance.Cliin has developed the first on-board automatic cleaning robot – HCR – that enables a completely new procedure forship-owners, operators and charterers’ management of the hull. HCR will be permanently installed on the ship andavailable at any given time and location, allowing a continuous cleaning, thus preventing early formation of fouling. HCRwill allow savings in fuel consumption of up to 10%/ year over 5 years when compared to call on-demand solutions.Moreover, the use of HCR improves sustainability of maritime sector by reducing GHG emissions, minimizing thetransport of invasive species associated with the fouling and improving the health and safety at the workplace, as there isminimum crew involvement in the cleaning operation and the marine traffic in ports is not disturbed.Through the successful development and implementation of HCR technology, Cliin will be in a strong position to exploit amarket projected to value US$ 4 Billion by 2020 and enhance its profitability by the stream of the sales, with an expectedcumulated revenue of €107 million, 5 years after project completion. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsfluid dynamicscomputational fluid dynamicsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyinvasive speciesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineering Keywords Ship hull management automatic unmanned vehicle prevent fouling increase fuel efficiency reduce GHG emissions Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) SMEInst-10-2016-2017 - Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator CLIIN APS Net EU contribution € 1 460 620,00 Address ROSENKAERET 11C 1 TV 2860 Soborg Denmark See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 2 086 600,00
