{"id":58798,"date":"2014-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-workshop-to-advance-environmental-sustainability-of-ships-boats-ports\/"},"modified":"2014-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-workshop-to-advance-environmental-sustainability-of-ships-boats-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/uri-to-host-workshop-to-advance-environmental-sustainability-of-ships-boats-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host workshop to advance environmental sustainability of ships, boats, ports"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 March 31, 2014 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography will bring together marine architects, boat designers and builders, and the operators of research and commercial vessels April 8 and 9 to discuss strategies for promoting the environmental sustainability of boats and ports.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 Oceanography Dean Bruce Corliss, who organized a similar workshop in 2009 at Duke University that focused on research ships, said he hopes the event will facilitate discussions that will lead to greater care of the oceans by the marine transportation industries.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe want to bring together people with expertise and those who want to learn more about the sustainable operation of existing and future vessels, rebuilding ports, and potential business opportunities,\u201d Corliss said. \u201cWe especially want to reach out to the private sector here in Rhode Island to learn how GSO might be able to be of assistance to them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tCorliss said one step some vessels are incorporating into their operations is a new hybrid propulsion system, similar to those in hybrid automobiles, that combines diesel engines, electric generators and batteries.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThese hybrid systems coupled with energy management equipment allow you to fine tune energy production with energy needs,\u201d he said. \u201cIn most ships, the engines are running full tilt all the time, but they don\u2019t need all that energy, so much of it is wasted. With the hybrid systems, you can fine tune your needs between the diesel, generators and batteries.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBiofuels are another important consideration. The 溏心vlog免费B站 ship Endeavor was the first U.S. research ship to use refined biodiesel, and a number of smaller vessels operated on the Great Lakes by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also use biofuels.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to talks on propulsion systems and biofuels, speakers at the workshop will discuss such topics as sustainable ship designs, efforts by the U.S. Navy and the cruise industry to make their ship operations more efficient, and the use of biolubricants. 溏心vlog免费B站 Assistant Professor Austin Becker will speak on \u201cclimate ready seaports,\u201d while 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate student Jonathan Benvenuto will discuss the recycling of fiberglass boats.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe workshop is sponsored by Eleventh Hour Racing, with additional support from Utilidata, Braemar Energy, and the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe commercial sector has embraced this approach to making their vessels greener because it has a positive effect on their bottom line and because, in some cases, regulations require it,\u201d Corliss said. \u201cWe hope this event will help expand these efforts and raise them to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about the workshop, contact Amy Smith at 401-874-6440 or asmith@gso.uri.edu<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 March 31, 2014 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography will bring together marine architects, boat designers and builders, and the operators of research and commercial vessels April 8 and 9 to discuss strategies for promoting the environmental sustainability of boats and ports. 溏心vlog免费B站 Oceanography Dean Bruce Corliss, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}