Concept sketch for hydrogen hybrid ferry (Image: Fiskerstrand Holding}
ABB and SINTEF Ocean are cooperating with Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard on a mission that plans to transform an current ferry to run on a mix of batteries and hydrogen gasoline cells.
The mission, referred to as HYBRIDShip, is being supported with funding from a number of Norwegian businesses, together with the Research Council of Norway.
ABB and the SINTEF Ocean laboratory in Trondheim will assess how gasoline cells and batteries can greatest perform collectively for short-distance ferry operations, and the way Fiskerstrand can combine them with different engine room programs. The assessments may even present insights into the introduction of hydrogen gasoline cells for future opinions of the foundations protecting shipboard use of hydrogen.
The assessments will simulate the circumstances the ferry is predicted to come across on a excessive frequency 10 km route to make sure that the propulsion programs together with gasoline cells are strong sufficient for repetitive, short-burst service duties.
“We expect to get a realistic view of what we need to do to achieve our objectives in delivering a ferry equipped with hydrogen fuel cell propulsion as part of our HYBRIDship project,” says Kåre Nerem, Project Manager, Fiskerstrand. “ABB’s system integration know-how, combined with SINTEF Ocean’s long-standing experience in the field of marine propulsion systems, as well as SINTEF Industry’s expertise in fuel cells technology will be key in solving the challenges ahead. This is a pioneering project, and together we will ensure the solution is optimized for the specific ferry route and vessel.”
“The project is a major step towards the practical use of the hydrogen fuel cell as a maritime propulsion technology,” says Jostein Bogen, product supervisor for vitality storage and gasoline cells at ABB Marine & Ports. “Fuel cells combined with batteries are an important part of ABB’s ‘Electric. Digital. Connected.’ vision for a sustainable maritime future. The true significance of these tests will be in defining the optimum engine room configuration for hydrogen fuel cells to be installed and work day-in, day-out with other systems on board.”
ABB first invested in SINTEF Ocean’s hybrid marine laboratory in 2014 and lately strengthening its collaborative com-mitment by injecting a second spherical of funding to increase the laboratory’s services for future growth work.
“Together with the Norwegian Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Test Center hosted by SINTEF Industry, the extended hybrid lab will help us to further develop, validate and optimize control strategies for advanced maritime energy system” says Anders Valland, Research supervisor for maritime vitality programs at SINTEF Ocean.
“These facilities have become an important catalyst for the ongoing evolution of hydrogen-based power generation,” says Bogen. “The ability to carry out real-life testing of different configurations accelerates the development process and ensures that we arrive at an optimized solution that satisfies vessel design criteria and operational profile.”
The joint ABB/SINTEF growth program may even give attention to discovering options to help the hydrogen provide and bunkering infrastructure. In addition, outputs from the brand new assessments are anticipated to speed up Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) work in modifying laws to raised accommodate
