Avoiding the hard cell – fuel cell integration into a large ship's power architecture

为了减少温室气体（GHG）排放，符合国际海事组织（IMO）监管的2050年净零排放里程碑，需要在技术和燃料方面进行阶段性变革，而不是通过渐进式改进来实现的。船东面临着许多技术选择，但必须在性能和集成可行性的背景下考虑这些技术，而不会对操作能力、风险和商业可行性产生不可接受的负面影响。如果没有这种实际的考虑，船上采用更清洁的技术可能会更慢，风险更高，因此也会阻碍技术提供商的投资。为了减少挑战，该联盟认为，在清洁能源技术准备水平（TRL）进步的同时，关键在于SRL和ORL（系统和操作准备水平），以降低采用风险，并专注于实际功能和影响。SRL包括在平台任务或工作周期内验证物理集成和接口、系统行为和功能的自动化和控制。该项目侧重于解决燃料电池在实际大型船舶应用中采用的障碍，可能会加速采用，评估：*燃料电池如何应用于船舶应用并安全地集成到船舶的操作功能中*如何将燃料电池集成到大型船舶的动力和推进架构和布局中*权衡。将新技术与现有船舶的功能和性能进行比较，并与目前的基线进行比较，对减少排放的影响。

To reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulatory net zero milestones towards 2050 requires step changes in technology and fuels, and won't be achieved through incremental improvements. Ship owners are facing a number of technology options, but must consider these in the context of performance and feasibility of integration, without adversely affecting operational capability, risk and commercial viability to an unacceptable degree. Without this practical consideration, on-ship adoption of cleaner technology may be slower and higher risk, and therefore also deter investment by technology providers.To reduce challenges, this consortium believes that, in parallel with cleaner energy technology-readiness level (TRL) progression, the key lies in SRL and ORL -- systems- and operational readiness levels - to de-risk adoption and focus on real functionality and impact. SRL involves proving physical integration and interfaces, automation and control of system behaviours and functionality within the platform's mission or duty cycle.This project focuses on addressing barriers to adoption of fuel cells on a real, large ship application, potentially accelerating adoption, evaluating:* how a fuel cell can be applied to marine applications and safely integrated into a ship's operational functionality* how a fuel cell can be integrated into a larger ship's power and propulsion architecture and layout* trade-offs, and how the new technology compares with current ship functionality and performance* impact on reducing emissions compared with today's baseline* a roadmap to implementation.