A first-of-its-kind emissions-free press watercraft has actually been christened as well as supplied in Germany.
The one-of-a-kind as well as ingenious vessel, Elektra, was constructed throughout virtually 2.5 years at Hermann Barthel GmbH in Derben as well as includes battery-electric propulsion system integrated with hydrogen as well as gas cell innovation, apparently the globe’s initial for a press watercraft. It will certainly currently undertake lasting before beginning industrial procedures.
The basis of the freshly established crossbreed system is the battery bundle, including 242 DNV- authorized GO1050 components with an overall ability of 2.5 MWh, supplied by EST-Floattech, along with 3 maritime gas cell systems (NT-PEMFC, 100 kW optimal power each). Although the power of the battery as well as the gas cells will certainly be utilized with each other to power the electrical motors, for total redundancy both powertrains are totally independent systems.
The 20-meter-long pusher with a beam of light of 8.2 meters as well as a draft of 1.25 meters will certainly supply an electrical power ability of 21,200 kWh for a big salami from Berlin to Hamburg.
Franziska Giffey, the Mayor of Berlin as well as the vessel’s godmother, claimed, “The world’s first zero-emission push boat is the impressive result of the cooperation between stakeholders from the shipbuilding, energy and propulsion technology industries. . . This lighthouse project shows us how we can succeed, by implementing innovative ideas, in improving the climate on our access waterways for the long-term.”
Elektra is the item of a collaboration in between 8 committed companies. Under the task monitoring of theDept of Maritime Systems Design as well as Operations at the Technical University of Berlin, BEHALA – Berliner Hafen- und Lagerhausgesellschaft – (logistics), shipyard Hermann Barthel, BALLARD Power Systems (gas cells), Argo-Anleg (hydrogen system), SER Schiffselektronik Rostock (electric power system), EST-Floattech (battery system) as well as HGK Shipping (maritime procedure) are associated with the advancement, building as well as screening of the press watercraft.
The EUR14.6 million task is backed by the Federal Ministry for Digital as well as Transport (BMDV) with roughly EUR9.1 million as well as sustained as well as worked with by task supervisor Jülich (PTJ) as well as the National Organization for Hydrogen as well as Fuel Cell Technology (CURRENTLY).
The groundbreaking vessel will certainly function as a good example due to the fact that its power system is made to be relevant to a range of barge as well as seaside vessel kinds,Federal Minister Dr Volker Wissing claimed throughout the shipment event. “The entire project is a blueprint for the climate and environmentally friendly inland shipping, not only technically but also in terms of regulation real pioneering work,” he claimed.
The vessel’s eco-friendly power system will certainly not just concerning giving power for the ship’s propulsion as well as pressing convoys, yet likewise concerning the power for the staff, that live, prepare as well as clean aboard. The system supplies power for the temperature level control of the cabins as well as the wheelhouse. The battery system likewise requires a particular ‘comfortable temperature’ for effective procedure as well as a lengthy life expectancy. All of this have to be finished with a restricted quantity of lugged power as well as without loss of functional variety.
The waste warmth from the gas cells is utilized with constant water air conditioning as well as the cabins are warmed by a salt water heatpump. An extra benefit is that the ship constantly runs in water with temperature levels over 0 ° C under its keel.
The use a self-developed power monitoring system as well as an electronic cruising aide sustain the captain as well as logistics organizer with the preparation of procedures as well as transportations.
With 750 kgs of aeriform hydrogen (at a stress of 500 bar) aboard as well as a battery ability of roughly 2,500 kilowatt hrs, the ship has a variety of roughly 400 kilometers when cruising in mix with the packed hefty lift barge Ursus.
Therefore, beside the Westhafen in Berlin, just one extra land-based terminal is required to provide the Elektra with hydrogen as well as electrical power to cruise on the rivers of Berlin towards the Rhine/Ruhr, Hamburg as well asStettin In amount to the vessel can run push-barge mixes approximately 150 meters in size.
The initially terminals for the transition of hydrogen storage tanks as well as 500 kilowatt electrical billing terminals will certainly be functional in Berlin’s Westhafen along with in the port of Lüneburg in 2023.
The TU Berlin has actually gotten Mittelelbe Business Park as well as H2 Green Power & & Logistics for loading as well as carrying the container systems (Multiple Energy Gas Container – MEGC) with environment-friendly hydrogen till completion of the Elektra task at the end of 2024.
The MEGC can be traded with the onboard crane as well as the power link runs by means of a packing light beam that assist the wires to land. This means the handling of the arm-thick wires is really simple for the ship’s staff, the vessel is linked to the billing terminal quickly as well as the quayside is devoid of wires.
Testing will at first happen in the funding area; since 2023 the examinations will certainly likewise be continued long-distance paths in the direction of Hamburg.
