Fuel Cell-Based Hybrid Ship Design

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1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran

2 Northern Research Center for Science & Technology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran

3 Northern Research Center for Science and Technology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Iran

10.22044/jsfm.2024.13540.3787

Abstract

Considering the challenges related to the level of pollution and the limitation of fossil fuel resources, the design, construction and operation of all-electric ships with on clean energy resources is being developed. On the other hand, due to the prominent features of hydrogen and the possibility of achieving a zero-pollution hydrogen production, , in recent years, hydrogen has received much attention as the main fuel of the future. The growth of the hydrogen usage in the electric transportation industry has also been significant, and in the ships’ industry, the use of hydrogen fuel and the development of fuel cell technology have been significantly developed. In this paper, a conceptual design process of an all-electric fuel cell ship is proposed.To create a comprehensive and systematic approach in the proposed design process, by investigating the phases of internationally recognized projects in the field of design, construction and operation of fuel cell ships, a conceptual design flowchart has been presented. By using this flowchart and having the ship’s input parameters such as power capacity, energy required for each trip, load change rates, ship’s dimensions, fuel tank capacity, available space, and available technologies including fuel cell modules and hydrogen supplyment and storage methods, it is possible to design the basic power system of all-electric hybrid ship based on fuel cell.

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Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Volume 14, Issue 2
May and June 2024
Pages 15-29

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