About The Company:

During the 2017 Maritime Convention at SNAME , Raffaele Frontera was impressed by the tremendous talent of a group of student winners of the Dr. James A. lisnyk student ship design competition, which has been won three years in a row by the same group. During these years, a beautiful friendship was born between Raffaele Frontera and the Argentinean group, which made Raffaele think of protecting and further developing this talent.

Therefore, Raffaele Frontera decided to found this company based on the talent of these guys in developing zero emission designs with the signature of Ton Bos, who will guarantee the maximum operational efficiency of such innovative vessels based on his 37 years of experience in the maritime field.

The team has won the first award on 3 consecutive occasions, all of them with at least one member of the Aurelia team participating. In 2017, two designs were carried out simultaneously, an AHTS, in 2018, a Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV) and in 2019 as MY and an ALV.

Participation in this competition allowed each of Aurelia’s members to develop the capacity to carry out original and high- quality conceptual projects with constant contact with shipowners It also strengthened teamwork, a quality that makes each member of Aurelia unique and necessary. The trip to the annual SNAME conventions to receive the awards allowed the group to make itself known and attract attention at each attendance. This led to the formation of Aurelia many thanks to the connectivity that SNAME generates.

Aurelia Innovative Perspective

AURELIA believes in clean shipping; we work toward having a green maritime environment by providing zero emissions and GHG reduction designs for shipowners.

The Road To Net Zero (The path to net zero emission taken by AURELIA)

Aurelia aims to assist shipowners to go down to zero emission with a strong team of Naval Architects specialized in renewable fuels, battery, wind propulsion and solar panels for auxiliary power on board.

We aim to have a clean future for us and for generations to come by designing and engineering vessels that runs on clean fuels and wind propulsion.

We provide an analysis of alternative fuels, rotors, sails and solar panels made in catalogues for shipowner’s investment overview.

We develop concept design based on our Naval Architecture expertise building in green technologies.

We give advices for shipwoners to comply with MEPC76, carbon intensity indicator, CII, and energy efficiency existing ship Index EEXI.

We developed a CII polar diagram to advice captains how to reduce their CO2 emissions.

Green Mission:

As one of the most famous quotes by Enzo Ferrari said: “Give a child a piece of paper, some colours and ask him to draw a car, he will surely make it red”, so we have the ambition that the children of the next generation will take a paper and some colours and when asked to colour a ship they will make it green, like the future of the world, hoping that it will be in the style of an Aurelia design.

Services:

Green Concept Design

• Tender documentation for shipowners and shipyards
• Conceptual design, feasibility study and precontractual phase
• Approval in Principle for new prototype designs
• Technical and operational Renders
• Analysis of alternative fuels, rotors, sails and solar panels made in catalogues for shipowners investment overview

Naval Architecture: 

• EEDI, EEXI and CII calculations
• System diagrams for renewable fuels, including HAZID.
• Analysis on alternative fuels on storage, weight impact, system integration, handling procedure plan and hazardous plan
• CFD
• Load Balance calculation for different operational profiles
• Identification and choice of fuel cells
• Calculation on Batteries
• Schematic of the electric propulsion system
• General Arrangement and Engine Room Plans
• Single Line Diagram for the power supply
• Schematics/system diagrams
• Ventilation system arrangement for fuel cell, battery, H2 storage/supply rooms
• Bilge and Fi-Fi system
• Fuel storage and supply P&I Diagram
• Cooling system

Structural Design and Engineering: 

• FEM analysis (local and global analysis) i.e. of rotors foundations
• Design hull construction drawing (bottom structure, decks, longitudinal sections, cross sections)
• Main hull and superstructure sections (incl. stern and aft)
• Shell expansion
• Scantling calculations, deflection calculations, longitudinal strength calculations

System Diagram and 3D Piping:

• Renewable alternative fuel system, such as hydrogen systems.
• Single-Line Electric Diagram.
• Fuel storage and supply P&I Diagram.
• Ventilation system, i.e. for fuels cells and batteries rooms.
• FiFi system.
• Bilge system, lubrication oil system, sewage and grey water treatment system, cooling system, hot and cold fresh water system, compressed air system.
• 3D pipe modelling.

Awards 

Participation in the SNAME design competition: In the last 4 years, the UTN BA participated in the “DR. JAMES A. LISNYK STUDENT SHIP DESIGN COMPETITION” organized by the SNAME. In 3 of those 4 years of participation, the UTN BA obtained the first position in the competition. At least one member of this team participated proactively in all of the projects