12pm – 12.30pm, 28 November 2023 ‐ 30 mins
Session One: Power to Command – Electrification and Modularity
Chief Mechanical Engineer, BMT
John Buckingham is the Chief Mechanical Engineer at BMT. A Fellow of the IMechE, he has over 39 years’ experience in marine engineering systems design. He has designed and analysed hybrid power and propulsion systems for naval and commercial vessels and is currently involved with the modelling and analysis of marine energy saving technologies, and how they can improve energy efficiency indices. He has been the technical lead for a wide range of technology studies and concept development work, specifically on studies relating to energy saving technologies and heat management systems. He is currently looking at how absorption chiller plant can benefit the efficiency of ships’ air conditioning systems.