R&D Facilities
The Pivot of Innovation
to Lead the Future
R&D Facilities
The Pivot of Innovation
to Lead the Future
Siheung
R&D Campus
Researching the cutting-edge technology of high performance, high efficiency, and eco-friendliness
Siheung R&D Campus is a high-performance, high-efficiency, and eco-friendly high-tech research center with the world’s largest four-story cavitation tunnel, a 300m-long and 16m-wide towing tank, and the only acoustic water tank in the world. Based on its capability to test ships’ performance in an environment similar to real life, this facility is leading the R&D of shipbuilding, maritime, and defense technologies.
It has an eco-friendly LBTS* researching eco-friendly energy technology, such as the fuel cell system, an electrification LBTS that can test various functions of the hybrid electric propulsion system, and an HS4® Shore Operation Center that can control the ships equipped with HS4®.
- Towing Tank
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Cavitation TunnelHS4 Shore Operation CenterModel Manufacturing WorkshopAcoustic Water TankEco-friendly Fuel LBTS
Geoje
Shipyard
Developing production technology and implementing the smart factory through the application of converged technology to build a high-tech production system
The cradle of Hanwha Ocean’s many eco-friendly technologies including LNG technology, Geoje Shipyard has the Intelligent Production Technology R&D Center that conducts the R&D of automated, intelligent, and eco-friendly technologies, the Smart Yard Operation Center applied with the latest ICT technology, the HILS (Hardware In the Loop Simulation) Center that trains the crew using AR, the Sloshing Research Center, and the Energy System Test Center.
The Energy System Test Center is the world’s first cryogenic gas test facility installed in a shipyard, and the Sloshing Research Center is a sloshing test facility for developing and designing liquid cargo tanks and fuel tanks in the cargo hold.
- Intelligent Production Technology R&D Center
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Smart Yard Operation CenterSloshing Research CenterHILS CenterEnergy System Research Center