Most engines for small vessels operating in coastal waters, such as fishing boats, are equipped with a reduction gear to reduce the engine's rotational speed. Small vessels are equipped with engines of fixed output and reduction gears of single reduction ratio only. This paper is a study on the development of a two-stage reducer capable of controlling the reduction ratio according to the light and full load conditions of a ship. Because the torque and rotational speed delivered to the propeller can be flexibly adjusted, the engine load can be maintained appropriately. In addition, because the engine room space is limited, the development of a two-stage reducer with an integrated power take off (PTO) was pursued to minimize the volume. Through this development, we were able to confirm a reduction in fuel consumption rate because we did not have to consume a lot of fuel to maintain maximum output. Reducing fuel consumption can result in reduced harmful exhaust emissions. Additionally, it can be expected that the frequency of failures that may occur due to overload can be reduced.

In this study, static and dynamic analysis verification was performed to apply the fuel cell system to the E-PTO of the Wire aerial vehicle. First, structural analysis was performed to improve the weak points that occurred. Next, vibration analysis was performed on the fuel cell system for which structural safety review was completed according to the wide-band irregular vibration test standard. The analysis results showed that resonance occurred in a specific frequency band and local stress was high, so stiffness reinforcement was performed. After reinforcing the stiffness, stress was reduced through a decrease in transient response characteristics and resonance phenomenon.

In Korea, five major ports have been designated as sulfur oxide emission control areas to reduce air pollutant emissions, in accordance with Article 10 of the “Special Act on Port Air Quality” and Article 32 of the “Ship Pollution Prevention Regulations”. As regulations against vesseloriginated air pollutants (such as PM, CO2, NOx, and SOx) have been strengthened, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries(MOF) enacted rules that newly built public ships should adopt eco-friendly propulsion systems. However, particularly in diesel–electric hybrid propulsion systems,the demand for precise control schemes continues to grow as the fuel saving rate significantly varies depending on the control strategy applied. The conventional Power Take In–Power Take Off(PTI–PTO) mode control adopts a rule-based strategy, but this strategy is applied only in the low-load range and PTI mode; thus, an additional method is required to determine the optimal fuel consumption point. The proposed control method is designed to optimize fuel consumption by applying the equivalent consumption minimization strategy(ECMS) to the PTI–PTO mode by considering the characteristics of the specific fuel oil consumption(SFOC) of the engine in a diesel–electric hybrid propulsion system. To apply this method, a specific fishing vessel model operating on the Korean coast was selected to simulate the load operation environment of the ship. In this study, a 10.2% reduction was achieved in the MATLAB/SimDrive and SimElectric simulation by comparing the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of the ship to which the conventional rule-based strategy was applied and that to which the ECMS was applied.

After studying the composition about the torsional shafting of main engine for fishing vessel with Power Take Off (PTO) System, the authors made a computer program using the transfer stiffness coefficient method (TSCM) for analyzing torsional vibration about the shafting with PTO system and nonlinear elastic coupling. The torsional shafting of main engine was separated by 3 types according to the connecting. The torsional shafting of main engine was separated by 3 types according to the connecting condition of main engine with propeller or the PTO system or both of them. In this paper, the change of natural frequencies and natural modes according to connecting condition of torsional shafting and nonlinear elastic coupling were analyzed. The accuracy of the TSCM was confirmed by comparing with the computational results of the Finite Element Method.