Improving the Engine room of a Yacht

Abstract

The aim of this project is to improve the energy efficiency of a sailing yacht engine room by reducing the inputs and maximizing the outputs and simultaneously striving to reduce the weight. The document is structured in three sections; an introduction about the important concepts and the case, a theoretical part with the technologies that are applicable in the project and that could improve it and finally, an analysis and suggested improvements of the system.

This project strives to explain the energy concepts, explore new ways of converting energy resources into useful forms of energy and storing this energy that could be applied in the engine room of a boat. Moreover, a system analysis is performed and used to design a proposal for a new system and to identify if this new system uses the energy in a more efficient way.