ZEUS and NOAH Projects of NMRI

ZEUS(Zero Emission Ultimate Ship) project and NOAH (No More Artistic Hull) project of NMRI (National Maritime Research Institute) are very challenging projects from the view point of utilized technologies. This paper will introduce some innovative ideas developed by these two projects. The objective of ZEUS project is to obtain the maximum energy efficiency by introducing a new idea such as a reaction pod system It can be said that the project aims the final goal of ultimate ship hull form in the future. On the contrary, NOAH project is aiming to achieve the ideal ship space and arrangement from the purpose of transportation without excessive power increment. The shape of hull is almost a box like a NOAH’s Ark. In order to improve EEDI for this type of vessels, several new ideas will be introduced. Here, “boundary layer suction” and “Gate Rudder” will be introduced.