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CFD APPLICATIONS IN MARINE AND

OFFSHORE INDUSTRY

Zhirong Shen, Senior Engineer


4th CMHL Symposium | January 14, 2021

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Industrial Applications of CFD
• CFD technologies are increasingly applied
in various industries from aerospace to
automotive.
• In the Marine and Offshore Industry, CFD is
becoming powerful design and assessment
tool.
• However, challenges remain in industrial
applications.

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Industrial Applications of CFD
• Challenges:
- Efficiency
- Timing and schedule
- Hardware and licensing costs
- Quality control & quality assurance
• Solutions:
- Joint Industry/Development
Projects
- Rigorous modeling practices
- Automation
- Detailed planning

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Industrial Applications of CFD
• ABS has been actively working on the CFD applications for industrial problems.
• Support our internal engineering departments and external clients
• Work closely with industrial partners in various JIPs and JDPs
• Build rigorous modeling practices for various applications

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Marine Engineering

Gas Dispersion Maneuverability


Hull-Form Optimization
Green Water
Propulsion Efficiency

Rudder
Performance
Slamming
Shaft Alignment Added Resistance
Energy Saving Device
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Offshore Engineering

Green Water

Wind Load Air Gap

Wave Impact & Run-up Moonpool

Vortex-Induced Motion Current Load


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Applications in Marine Engineering

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Repeat ~O(1000) times
Hull-Form Optimization Parametric CFD Solver
CAD Tool & Link (Star-CCM+,
• A highly automated optimization process Optimization OpenFoam)
based on CFD technologies Engine
Original hull form

• Starting from a baseline, multiple rounds of


optimization process are launched for the
optimal design
Final hull form

Local Optimization Global Optimization Searching the optimal design


3%

Weighted PD [kW]
2%
Base Hull
0%

-2%

-3% Final Hull


-10% -8% -6% -4% -2% 0% 2%
PD @ Design[kW]
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Energy Saving Device (ESD)
Evaluate the effect of ESD on propulsion efficiency

Brake Power [kW] Without ESD With ESD


Model Test Prediction 5.58 × 107 5.47 × 107
CFD Simulation 5.55 × 107 5.32 × 107
Reduced Power by 2~4%
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Reproduced Wave Signal in CFD (model scale)
Slamming Load Prediction EFD

Slamming Simulation in CFD

Slamming Loads Compared with Experiment (full scale)

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Slamming & Green water
Experiment CFD
Sensors on deck

(KRISO, 2014)

Sensors on hull

KRISO, 2014. Wave Induced Loads on Ships -


- Joint Industry Project-III. Korea Research
Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering.
Compared with model test data
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CFD for Shaft Alignment and Optimization
Oil pressure
CFD Simulation Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Analysis

During Turning
FSI
Oil film thickness

Partially Submerged
Shaft Structural model
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Gas Dispersion Exclusion Zone
Gas Dispersion
• Gas dispersion analysis of gas venting system
• Develop a Guidance Note on Gas Dispersion
Studies of Gas Fueled Vessels

CFD Simulation

© IMO

(IMO BLG 14/10, 2009)


CH4, C2H6, C3H8, N2
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Wind Load Estimation on Container Stacks
• To improve wind forces estimation by incorporating CFD simulations
• To estimate partial wind loads instead of full wind loads

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© draganche / 123rf.com

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Applications in Offshore Engineering

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FLNG Turret Moonpool
• Dynamics of moonpool entrapped water
• Dynamic load on moonpool structures

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Drillship Moonpool Sloshing Impacts in Waves

• Added resistance & sloshing impacts


• Effect of moonpool sloshing on stability and
impact load on structures and equipment

Design and Optimization

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Assessment of LNG Boil-Off Gas (BOG) Using CFD
• Predict LNG BOG rates that account for tank
filing operations and sloshing during transit
• Assist designers with selection of insulation
• Assist operators to predict LNG boil-off rate
• Assist port operations determine vent return rate

© MikhailSS/Shutterstock

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Airgap and Wave Impact Load Prediction
• Refine the airgap and wave impact load
calculation methods
• Predict wave asymmetry and run-up
factors

• Long-crest irregular wave


• Screening of 3-hr wave simulation
• Enabled 6 Degree-of-Freedom motion
• Mooring lines included

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Wind Load Simulation
• Higher level of details
• Joint effort in SNAME OC-8 &
Reproducible CFD JIP
• Developing industrial guidelines of
CFD wind load simulation

Pressure on semi hull & wake flow

Detailed Model of a Semisubmersible


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Detailed CFD Mesh
Path Forward
• Challenges remain to make CFD practical for industrial applications
• Through collaborations with the industry and research institutions, CFD
technologies will play a more important role in marine and offshore applications:
- Providing high-fidelity simulations and accurate prediction
- Supporting design and performance assessment
- Complementing to sea trials and model basin testing

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