This Project was done in Solidworks for Project of the year 2021 challenge by 3dexperience edu.

In my country, a typical medium-sized cargo ship is used to transport goods from producers to the capital and vice versa. These types of medium cargo ships are called bulkhead ships. As they are too low compared to passenger ships they are hard to notice therefore they are banned to travel during nighttime. They also tend to run at a very low speed for safety and efficiency. Despite being a small country distance can be covered in a day.

They typically aren’t installed with a roof and uses very in-efficient reconditioned engines, as engine prices are very high in my country compared to the global market. But the price of solar panels is reasonable enough to be used. As these types of vessels are only allowed to travel at daytime that's why it's planned to install solar panels on the roof.

According to the placement of roofs, there are several modes.

General mode:
The vessel is in the usual mode.

Wing mode:
A secondary roof is deployed for increased surface area to catch sunlight

Butterfly mode:
Roofs are held up as like  butterfly allowing to load and unload by laborers using stairs inside

Specifications

LWL: 150 feet
Displacement: 500GT


Wing mode: 163 active solar panels
Electricity: 76.61kW
Speed: 5.8 knots

General mode: 103 active solar panels
Electricity: 48.41kW
Speed: 4.9 knots

Wind turbine power: 8kW

Generators: Kohler KDI3404TCRSCR
Power: 141*2 hp
Speed: 8.15knots

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