Chris Biernat, naval architect with Elliott Bay Design Group will current at FERRIES 2022 in San Francisco.
Next month at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2022 convention—happening November 1-2 in San Francisco—one in all Elliott Bay Design Group’s (EBDG) naval architects, Chris Biernat, will current on a conceptual passenger/automobile ferry for ultra-low emission operations. The ferry can be designed for ocean and coastwise service to indicate the potential and capability for prolonged length operations utilizing different gasoline applied sciences.
The ferry idea is compliant with IMO 2030 laws and helps long-term environmental objectives. Biernat will deal with consideration for U.S. Coast Guard home service regulatory framework, in addition to the advantages and design implications of pure gasoline, methanol and ammonia as gasoline can be in contrast.
Design concerns to make the most of these new fuels embrace retrofitting current vessels to accommodate ammonia tanks and specialty equipment, evaluating new designs to make sure they’re succesful to obtain ammonia prepared notation, and options to information future operators via the number of gasoline choices that finest meet their wants.
MEET CHRIS BIERNAT
Biernat joined EBDG in 2012 and presently serves as a professionally licensed naval architect. He helps quite a lot of vessel initiatives ranging in dimension and scope together with idea and contract design, evaluation and building help with proprietor’s illustration and shipyard oversight.
Biernat’s experience consists of hydrostatics and stability, ship construction, resistance and propulsion. He has been an integral a part of EBDG’s different propulsion group, designing new and retrofitting current fleets to hybrid propulsion and implementing new low-emissions gasoline choices. He acquired a Bachelor of Science diploma in naval structure from University of New Orleans and is an concerned member of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers (SNAME).
TOUR THE SEA CHANGE
SWITCH Maritime’s landmark Sea Change hydrogen-powered ferry challenge obtained lots of consideration at Marine Log’s FERRIES 2021 held final November alongside the New York Harbor. This 12 months, as much as 75 attendees have the prospect to journey on it. Guests are inspired to register quickly, because the tour can be on a first-come-first-serve foundation.
Launched in August 2021 at All American Marine, the Sea Change is a 70-foot catamaran ferry designed by Incat Crowther, geared up with a hydrogen gasoline cell system from Zero Emissions Industries (ZEI), which incorporates 360 kW of gasoline cells from Cummins and 242 kg of hydrogen storage tanks from Hexagon Purus, and a 600 kW electrical propulsion system from BAE Systems that features 100 kWh of lithium-ion battery storage from XALT. The Hornblower Group led the development administration.
The 75-passenger ferry receives gaseous hydrogen into its 242 kg tanks on the higher deck. It makes use of that hydrogen in gasoline cells producing electrical energy to energy electrical motors for distances as much as 300 nautical miles, and speeds as much as 20 knots—comparable capabilities to diesel-powered vessels—with the added advantages of zero exhaust smoke or different emissions and little or no vibration and noise.
The Sea Change challenge is managed and financed by SWITCH Maritime, an influence funding agency constructing the primary fleet of solely zero-carbon maritime vessels for adoption by current ship homeowners and operators. Sea Change was the primary vessel within the bigger zero-carbon ferry fleet that SWITCH deliberate to assemble in 2022, in partnership with municipalities and shipowners aiming to transition to carbon-free vessels. In making the transition, they had been capable of leverage authorities grant funds associated to transportation decarbonization actions focused by the landmark U.S. infrastructure invoice.
SPONSORS
While it’s anticipated that many extra will signal on, FERRIES 2022 already has almost 40 sponsors thus far.
Platinum sponsors are ABB and Cummins. Gold sponsors embrace Glosten, Marine Jet Power, Moteurs Baudouin, SailPlan, Hanson Bridgett LLP, and Wärtsilä. Silver sponsors are All American Marine, Christie & Grey, Elkon, BMT, Elliott Bay Design Group, EMS Marcon, Helm Operations, HamiltonJet, Crowley, GL Power/Twin Disc, Karl Senner, Kongsberg, MTU – A Rolls-Royce Solution, NCP Coatings, Incat Crowther, RYPOS, Helm, W&O, and Thrustmaster. The occasion’s bronze sponsors thus far embrace C-Job Naval Architects, Conrad Shipyard, BAE Systems, Allied Marine Crane, TransFluid, MOPS, Rigidized Metals, RocketRez, Steerprop, The Shearer Group Inc., United Safety & Survivability Corporation/Fireboy, Thrive Payments, and VenTek International. Siemens Energy is sponsoring the lunch on Day 1.
Registration for the occasion is open.
For questions on sponsorships, please contact David Harkey at dharkey@sbpub.com.
