HullBUG speeds up the ship by 10 km/h
After many years, the bioadhesive layer will adhere to the bottom of many large vessels. These so-called dirt greatly reduces the speed of the vessel. Today, the bottom of the ship is often sprayed with toxic paint to counteract this deposition process. However, this practice is not environmentally friendly, as oil paint will continue to release copper and other heavy metals into the underwater ecosystem, thereby harming the organisms there. In addition, re-polishing paint on the bottom of the ship every 5 to 10 years will bring more serious results. This will produce tons of toxic waste. HullBUG uses a spatula tool to remove bio-adhesive layers in an environmentally friendly and efficient manner.
A ship with a clean bottom is more efficient, and the cost of light fuel can be saved by 5%. In addition, large ships can be improved by 10km/h per hour after effective cleaning. If you don't need to consider the problem of bio-adhesion layer, you can optimize the bottom coating and focus on anti-corrosion treatment. If ships operating today are used in this way, the energy savings will contribute significantly to reducing the greenhouse effect. In order to avoid the long-term use of toxic paint, people have begun to find a way to effectively remove the biological adhesion layer of the bottom of the ship. Officially out of this consideration, the design of HullBUG came into being (the hull was bionic underwater cleanup).
“The biggest feature of HullBUG is its small size,” explains Dr. Kenneth Holappa, research engineer at SeaRobotics. This robot is only about half a meter long. This is a necessary design criterion so that the robot can act on the surface of the bump at the bottom of the ship without leaving the surface. Due to the risk of running such underwater equipment, HullBUG may be lost in the port environment or damaged during operation, so the size and cost of the control equipment is a key condition. Therefore, at the beginning of the project, small size and low cost are the key factors for the ideal implementation of the HullBUG project. These special requirements for size and weight are also reflected in the selection of HullBUG technical components.
