Tuesday July 9

July 9, 2019 
   
   Today three more representatives from Liverpool John Moores University spoke to the group on emissions. Eduardo Davis, David Allanson and Geraint Phylis-Jones explained energy conversion and the conservation of mass and energy, issues with carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide emission control. The cadets learned that high efficiency often gives rise to increased pollutants (the diesel dilemma) and more efficient engines are larger but produce less carbon dioxide emissions. 
    The representatives presented the topic on emissions the first half of the day, and the second half of the day the cadets worked in groups on a case study. The case study was an estimation of fuel consumed and emissions from readily available AIS data. The groups were tasked to build a spreadsheet-based model of the vessels fuel consumption using the latitude and longitude data contained in the AIS data set for the voyage being studied. Furthermore, each group was tasked to also investigate the feasibility of saving fuel through application of Alternative Energy sources or voyage management. Tomorrow each group will present their findings in a ten-fifteen minute PowerPoint presentation. 
   In the cadets spare time (before and after classes) they are working with their groups (mix of MMA and USN students) on their final project on Maritime clusters by using a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. We are excited to see the presentations on Friday that the cadets have been preparing. 

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