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SENSING FOR A BETTER WORLD SENSING SOLUTIONS WIND ASSISTED SHIP PROPULSION

THE POWER OF FIBRE Fibre optics for Wind Assisted Ship Propulsion The shipping industry has an environmental and commercial imperative to decarbonise. As the market transitions to WASP technologies a 昀椀bre optic sensing system will provide additional assurance around performance and ongoing structural health. Gathering accurate and reliable real-time data will unleash many bene昀椀ts including evidence to support reduction in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Performance optimisation Reduction in CO2 emissions Maximise fuel savings Save on operational costs 4.13% Improvement in WASP performance with Insensys installed. Save over $100,000 per vessell per year Based on sailing 24 hours per day for 180 days per year 2

Insensys 昀椀bre optic systems are designed to be compatible with all WASP technologies Rotor Rigid wings Soft wings Soft Ventilated foil Wind sail types Propulsion power Insensys with WASP WASP Without WASP M/E power (%) 47.1 49.12 100 Fuel savings (ton/hr) 0.630 0.605 - CO2 savings (tonCO2/hr) 2.016 1.936 - Total Voyage cost 642.6 savings (USD/hr) (+4.13%) 617.1 - To illustrate the impact of adoption of accurate 昀椀bre-optic sensing for WASP, the estimated CO2 and fuel cost savings has been calculated for propulsion power without WASP, with WASP and with WASP 昀椀tted with Insensys 昀椀bre-optic load sensors. A 4.13% improvement in fuel performance could represent savings in excess of $100,000 per vessel per annum, making the payback period for installation of such a sensing system well within a year. Insensys systems are designed to operate in harsh marine conditions with little or no maintenance for a 25 year life cycle, with a proven track record from installed systems dating back to 2006. Therefore, the fuel savings over the life-time of a vessel at current fuel prices are expected to be in the millions. In addition, Insensys sensors can become a bene昀椀cial source of data for load and stress monitoring further optimising operability and prolonging the WASP system lifetime. 3

SENSING SOLUTIONS INSENSYS SYSTEMS Rugged design Reliability Simple installation System architecture Our strain load measurement systems compromise of two key parts; interrogator and sensors arrays. Depending on your application we have a suite of products to suit, our dedicated sales and engineering team will work closely with you to understand your application and requirements to advise the best Insensys sensing solution. Sensor Arrays Insensys Sensor patches utilise composite material to make a durable and light weight design suitable for a variety of applications. The patch design encompasses over 20 years industry knowledge and expertise and Insensys continues to evolve its design to ensure it is meeting our customers requirements. Insensys patches are designed to ensure durability whilst minimising installation time. The manufacturing process embeds sensors within layers of composite removing the specialist handling usually required when working with Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors written into 昀椀bre. Patches are then typically designed into a Sensor Array which can be customised for speci昀椀c applications and Insensys o昀昀er a design service working alongside the customers speci昀椀c requirements utilising individual modular patch options enabling array design to be optimised for the speci昀椀c application. • Rugged, mature & quali昀椀ed design for lifetime operation • Designed for integration at composite production facility or retro-昀椀t to deployed 昀椀elds • Flexible tooling, materials and adhesives options • Extensive customer-process and applications know-how 4

Interrogators Our suite of interrogator utilise Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) depending on the application requirement. • Large strain range for every sensor • Compact, solid state and highly robust • Quali昀椀ed for full 20+ year lifecyle • Data delivered via multiple communication methods Sensor type Strain and Temperature Maximum number of sensors 100 Measurement range 9,000 microstrain Measurement resolution 0.8 microstrain System Measurement frequency 500 HZ, 2 kHz. 4 kHz and16 KHz Cold start up measurement time

CASE STUDY DYNA RIG - MALTESE FALCON Structural Design Real-time Incident monitoring improvement feedback analysis At the time of their launch, the super yachts Maltese Falcon (88m) and Black Pearl (106m) were the largest private sailing yachts in the World. Both vessels were launched with Insensys 昀椀bre optic strain monitoring systems, with around 36 sensors per mast, that have been running continuously since installation, producing in the region of 31 billion data points combined. Load data is presented on board in real time, displaying current load levels (expressed as a percentage of allowable), trends, and also provide e昀케ciency information in the way of forward driving force and heeling force, unique capabilities of free-standing rigs. The FBG (Fibre Bragg Gratings) sensors are located and aligned so that bending loads in both planes at various points up the rig and torsional loads can be monitored and recorded. This data is analysed and presented on board in real time together with other relevant parametric data so the crew can make informed decisions about vessel safety and sail trim optimisation. Long term structural health and design endorsement plots of polar loads on deck bearings, derived from composite strain measurements in the rig. The load data can be extrapolated to show maximums, typical load pro昀椀les or even used to carry out long term fatigue analysis on metallic interface components. Real time load and driving force read outs, are used by the crew to ensure the vessel is being operated safely and to optimise performance. All loads are derived from the 昀椀bre optic load monitoring data. The % displayed shows the allowable limit and acts as crew guidance to potential overload but also in severe conditions giving crew con昀椀dence to set su昀케cient sail. 6

CHOOSE INSENSYS PRODUCTS YOU CAN TRUST >8,500 >250M SYSTEMS SHIPPED OPERATING HOURS “A single Insensys sensor hasn’t de-bonded in the 15 years we have been an Insensys customer” Innovation On-Site Committed to innovation, Full customer support at the developing products to pro customers site for installation actively respond to the market. support and product education. Traceable quality Technical Library All components and products Extensive library of technical are fully inspected and tested documents to support and prior to shipment. educate installation engineers. Sustainability Remote Optimised supply chain and Responsive engineering team supplier CoC, All products are using latest technology for fault shipped in recycled packaging. diagnosis and support. 7

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