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W PROPELLERS
REDUCE FURTHER THE FUEL
CONSUMPTION OF SHIPS, BY 12~35%
TVF (Tip Vortex Free) propellers have been deve- loped by ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES, S.A. by means of a new lifting line theory and the corresponding computer programs, which have demonstrated to be an excellent tool for the desing of prope- llers of an extremely high efficiency.
The theoretical findings have already been fully confirmed in the experimental field through ex- tensive model tests carried out in collaboration with the NEDERLANDS SHIP MODEL BASIN at Wa- geningen (Holland).
Many ships equipped with this revolutionary pro- pulsion system will soon ride the seas of the pla- net, and save large amounts of precious energy, that energy which is becoming nowadays so scar- ce and so expensive... (*) Patents pending worlwide
