Software based marine biofouling resistance rating
The evaluation standards for the performance of fouling control coatings are based on manual inspections, which unavoidably induce some degree of subjectivity. Scientists have now peoposed a standardised biofouling recognition mode. Biofouling on ship hulls can cause increased fuel consumption and the global spread of nonindigenous species. The shipping industry utilises fouling control coatings (FCC)…