OptixDrive
NEXT GENERATION FUEL OPTIMISATION FOR SHIPS
The gearbox OptixDrive lower fuel consumption with up to 25% for ships with shaft generator – enabling main engines to run on variable (optimal) rpm instead of fixed rpm.
OPTIXDRIVE MAKES IT POSSIBLE
How does it work?
- Transmission is installed between the Power Take Out (PTO) and the shaft generator.
- Gearbox uses hydraulic power to compensate for reduced primary speed and adjusts the secondary speed to the generator’s prefered rpm.
- Your shaft generator can be connected from idling up to maximum rpm – saving hundreds of tons of fuel annually & lower emissions of CO2, NOx & SOx.
- 95% of all “blackouts” onboard are eliminated through the rpm compensation continuing below idling rpm – resulting in the buffert time needed for starting auxiliary generators taking over electrical power production onboard.
- Optixdrive is provided in different models (e.g. 1,0 / 1,2 / 1,5) with a power range up to 3,5MW.
- Installation is adaptive and can fit your specific vessel with no docking or “off hire” needed during the job that takes approximately 24h.
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WE BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Optixdrive is estimated to save as much as 1 500 tons of CO2 per ship & year
To give an overview of the potential environmental impact, imagine the effect of the world wide fleet of 7 000 ships using shaft generators:
- 1 500 ton less CO2per year x 7 000 ships = 10 500 000 ton CO2
We believe that Optixdrive has the possibility to have a serious positive effect on the shipping industry’s total emission of CO2, NOx & SOx.
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