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KEY FACTS
- Grant Agreement No. ΒΑΡ2-0062023
- Project coordinator Diving Status
- Start Date 27 May 2021
- End Date 15 July 2023
- 2 years Project
- European Union
- European Regional Development Fund
- Development Program of North Aegean region
- Blue Growth
- Total Cost 200.000,00 euros
- EU Funding 126.248,24 euros
Eco Hull Brushes.
Investigating the categorisation and construction of brushes of ship hull paint cleaning brushes based on the type of biocoating and the type of the ship’s hull paint.
Biofouling, Biocoating and environmental impact.
Anti-fouling coatings are protective paints that are applied to the hulls of ships to prevent the development of biofouling, various marine micro-organisms that grow on the hulls of ships, resulting in corrosion of the ship’s surface and its hydrodynamic behaviour. This development of biofouling on ships causes unevenness and roughness of the surface of the outer plates, resulting in an increase in the ship’s resistance which can reduce the sailing speed by up to 40% in one year, thus increasing not only fuel consumption and maintenance costs but also the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Over time, however, the ship’s hull coatings lose their efficiency. The solution to this is the underwater cleaning of ship hull with a rotating brush cleaning system. The ship does not have to lose its charter and visit a shipyard, but can be cleaned underwater in a few hours in the port where it is anchored.
Despite the advantages of underwater cleaning of ship hull, the risk of inherent in this practice is that if the wrong type of brush is used, it causes irreparable damage to the ship’s reef coatings, resulting in a much faster development of biofouling.In this case the environmental impact is increased as not only fuel consumption but also the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases increases. At present, there is no certified range of brushes for underwater cleaning of ship hull worldwide.
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