Grant Agreement was signed on 04/09 2012 by the Marshal of the West Pomeranian Province, Olgierd Geblewicz, vice-rector for teaching, MUS, Piotr Treichel, PhD and the UniversityTreasurer Dorota Zujewska-Kozak. Details of both investments presented Karol Igielski, MSc, from the Institute of Maritime Navigation and Maciej Kozak, MSc, the project manager for Green Energy.

The projects have received funding under the Regional Operational Program for the West Pomeranian Province (Axis 1 “Economy - Innovation - Technology”, Measure 1.2 “Innovation and technology transfer”, Sub-measure 1.2.2 “Infrastructure R & D”)

CREATING THE CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR VESSEL OPERATING RISK ANALYSIS at The Maritime University of SZCZECIN

The project will conduct research in the field of vessel operational risk , which will significantly improve traffic safety in maritime transport. In particular, the study will be conducted for the area of the southern Baltic Sea including the Polish ports (the newly built external port in Świnoujście). For its implementation almost 4 million PLN has been allocated, of which more than 2 700,000 PLN comes from RRO GM. The completion date is scheduled for September 2013.

The project will comprise the purchase of research equipment and development:

• Nastran System - uses Finite Element Method (FEM) to the analysis of the effects of vessels’ collisions;
• The Solid Works System - is used for modeling real-time risk vessels in interaction with hydro equipment;
• DNV Phast System – is used for modeling and managing risks arising from the operation of ships and technical infrastructure used for the transport of liquids, liquefied gases including LNG;
• MK and WRAP Systems - used to analyze the risks of exploitation of the waterway in terms of traffic.
• GoldSim System - based on the Monte Carlo method, which is used to model complex, real-world environmental systems and risk assessment in these systems;
• ESRI System - consisting of hardware, software and databases;
• AIS System - is based on a central station and specialized software meeting international requirements and regulations on AIS (Automatic Identification System - System of Automatic Identification of Ships), including IMO, IEC, SOLAS;
• Specialized analytical software (Statistica, ITEM) - Statistica - analytical software designed to work in a variety of research environments - wherever the team analyzes common data and makes use of the advantages of their team work. ITEM is used for quantitative risk assessment and management, and in particular for the identification of hazards and the main factors of these threats, the integration of the timeline, indicating the sequence of events to determine the probability of failure, risk ranking and sensitivity analysis;
• Devices that integrate research equipment - purchase of servers shall allow creating multi - laboratory environment based on virtualization technology

In addition, it is planned to purchase additional equipment for the center - furniture, research equipment and create jobs for scientists, purchase multimedia devices and software, the purchase and installation of an air conditioning system.

IT and technological solutions applied in the implementation of the project will enable the construction of an integrated analysis of a risk inherent in the operation of ships and port facilities. Apart from that, on the Polish and European market the latest and up-to-date IT and technological solutions that meet the applicable European and Polish regulations and standards, including provisions for the protection of the environment are promoted.

‘GREEN ENERGY - Development of R & D for wind energy at the Maritime University of Szczecin’

The implementation of the technical solutions developed in the project will directly affect the way to minimize operational downtime of wind turbines and evidently improve the operational safety of these facilities. The total value of the project amounts to almost 3 million PLN (including 1 475 952.34 PLN which comes from ROP). The end of the investment is planned for December 2012.

The laboratory, as proposed in the project, will be the first of its kind in Poland and one of the few in Europe. Its novelty lies in the combination of the various unprecedented power systems, particularly in the case of generators, and the study of the interaction of the energy produced and transmitted.

Research equipment used at each of the positions include:

1. The mobile diagnostic station - to perform field testing conditions of the devices producing energy from renewable sources and evaluate the technical condition of the objects.
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3. High voltage laboratory
4. Position of signal processing

The project will develop new methods, procedures and diagnostic models, the implementation of which will, inter alia, allow for:

• quick and accurate diagnosis and prediction of the technical components of wind turbines;
• developing effective maintenance schedules in wind turbines operation;
• identify design “weak links” to be modified in order to improve the reliability and safety of wind turbines