The Elektra, presently incomplete at the Hermann Barthel shipyard in Derben, Germany, will certainly be the globe’s very first emission-free press watercraft. Image: TU Berlin, Department of Design as well as Operation of Maritime Systems
Spay, Germany, headquartered propulsion expert Schottel is to provide 2 rudderpropellers for the cutting-edge press watercraft Elektra.
Currently incomplete at the Hermann Barthel shipyard in Derben, Germany, Elektra, will certainly be the globe’s very first emissions-free press watercraft,
As we reported previously, power supply on the virtually 20 m long as well as 8.20 m broad press watercraft will certainly be given only by aeriform hydrogen, gas cells as well as rechargeable batteries.
The watercraft is being developed for Berlin warehousing as well as logistics company Behala as well as created at the Department of Design as well as Operation of Maritime Systems at the Technical University of Berlin,
Schottel’s supply for the Elektra consists of 2 200 kW Rudderpropellers SRP 100 with nozzles. (200 kW each) as well as a Schottel guiding as well as control system. A minimal solution rate of max. 10 km/h is gotten to as well as an optimum drive lots of 1,400 tonnes is offered.
The vessel will certainly make use of the gas cell innovation for the standard power supply of the drive train as well as for the shipboard electric system. At peak tons, extra power is given by the batteries. The hydrogen provided to the gas cell is produced by means of electrolysis from environment-friendly electrical power produced by wind power.
“The Elektra shows what is possible. It demonstrates – not only as a push boat, but in particular as a model for electrical energy concepts for many maritime areas – that an energy turnaround is quite possible,” statesProf Dr.-Ing Gerd Holbach, Project Manager at TU Berlin for the Department of Design as well as Operation ofMaritime Systems “We are pleased to have Schottel by our side as an expert in the field of propulsion technology.”
