Shipboard Energy Conservation and Fuel Management Decision Tools

The objective of this SBIR is to develop and implement a shipboard tool that will help improve energy conservation and fuel management by providing situational awareness and automating current manual efforts. The tool will provide real-time data and will provide Ship''s Force with the tools necessary to make informed decisions regarding the ship’s speed, engine configuration, and fuel consumption. It will automate the existing labor-intensive process of manually generating fuel curves. It will automate the data collection, analysis, and subsequent report generation/distribution required for daily fuel usage reports. As a result, savings will be realized both in increased fuel efficiency and in reduced man-hours required to support fuel management efforts. The shipboard fuel conservation tool will meet the following technical objectives: Integrates with ICAS and other third-party databases Collects, analyzes, and presents fuel usage data Generates fuel consumption curves Generates and distributes NEURS reports Generates ad hoc reports Integrates with existing remote monitoring technologies Meets TRL Level 7 requirements