Course - Sustainable Maritime Technology - TMR4450
TMR4450 - Sustainable Maritime Technology
About
New from the academic year 2020/2021
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Report
Grade: Passed/Failed
Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
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Rapport | 100/100 |
Course content
The course has its focus on the transformation from the present high-efficiency ships and shipping towards full sustainability. In the course various technological trends must be identified.
Shipping moves 90% of the worlds trade. Ships are responsible for approximately 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The United Nations International Maritime Organization, IMO, has recently developed a strategy to reduce these emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008. The Nordic countries with their high level of maritime engineering and being representatives of high-quality and high-efficiency shipping should be forerunners in the development of shipping towards the highest level of sustainability. This process will require not only further development of existing technologies but also new technologies or adaption of land technology to maritime application.
Learning outcome
General course objectives:
- To give the student the ability to assess the realism of technological trends and emerging technologies within maritime engineering. The assessment must be done on a technical basis with consideration for sustainability.
- To improve the students ability to work in groups and their ability to communicate between groups geographically far apart and create feasible solutions through group project work.
Learning objectives:
- Explain the environmental impact of ships and shipping
- Describe the demands to technologies that can contribute to greater sustainability
- Analyze strong and weak points of such technologies and in this assess the realism of technologies and their potential
- Outline further development of technologies for practical use
- Evaluate the performance of the selected technology
- Applying knowledge and the ability to solve problems in new, unfamiliar areas
Learning methods and activities
What must be done during the course:
- Status of the sustainability of ships and shipping and the goals to be reached. Floating offshore installations including wind turbine and conventional offshore structures may be suitably addressed.
- Methods for reducing the environmental impact. These can be from industry, academia or found by the students.
- Selection of cases and technologies (contributions from industry or cases by students, for instance if they are working on a ship design or have worked on one) and their justification
- Further development of selected case and technology as far as time permits.
- Conclusion and presentation.
Further on evaluation
The students write a report over their work that must also be collected to one report over the whole work.
A short presentation of the work must be done.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Maritime Engineering (MSNMME)
Required previous knowledge
NMME entrance + first semester studies. For non-NMME students: Naval architecture corresponding to the former.
Course materials
The following textbooks will be used :
Harilaos Psaraftis, Sustainable shipping, Springer https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sustainable-Shipping-Cross-Disciplinary-Harilaos-Psaraftis-ebook/dp/B07NPFLJ5L
Andersson et al: Shipping and the environment, Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783662490433
A short summary of approx. 20 pages will be provided by teachers.
The students may find and read 6-7 papers and include a summary in their work.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: SPRING 2021
Language of instruction: English
Location: Trondheim
- Marine Technology
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Marine Technology
Examination
Examination arrangement: Report
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Spring ORD Rapport 100/100
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"