Demonstration of 12pax fully-electric hydrofoiling Crew Transfer Vessel

12人全电动水翼艇船员转移船演示

• 批准号: 10059256
• 金额: $ 313.65万
• 依托单位: ARTEMIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10059256
• 关键词: Demonstration; 12pax; fully; electric; hydrofoiling

Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) are used daily in the offshore wind sector to transport technicians to undertake operation and maintenance (O&M) activities at windfarms. During operations they push against a wind turbine using a power-hungry "bollard push manoeuvre", drawing up to 80% of peak engine power for prolonged periods.Analysis predicts peak CTV demand of 524 vessels in Europe by 2035, with 30% of the current fleet below 20m. A typical operational day for a vessel this size could consume 600-litres of fuel. Operating for 275 days annually, with a traditional fossil fuel solution, this would generate 82,000tCO2e across UK and EU.The main challenge with the decarbonisation of high-speed vessels is the lack of viable range. Water is a very dense fluid requiring a lot of energy to propel a boat through water. The average range needed for daily CTV operations is greater than technically possible with standard vessels converted to pure battery or fuel cell operation.Over the last four years, Artemis Technologies has been developing a disruptive electric propulsion system, the Artemis-eFoiler. The innovation includes a high power-density electric drivetrain into an autonomously controlled hydrofoil, combining technologies from motorsport, yacht racing, and the aerospace sector. As an Artemis-eFoiler propelled vessel accelerates, the hydrofoils lift the hull up and out of the water, greatly reducing the wetted area and therefore drag.In 2021, Artemis launched the world's first 100% electric foiling workboat. Ongoing testing of the 11.5m prototype against its gasoline sistership, has proved that the vessel can provide significant improvements in energy efficiency (up to 90%) and ride comfort whilst generating zero GHG emissions.Analysis undertaken by Artemis investigated the viability of using a 12m electric foiling CTV to replace larger diesel CTVs operating at near shore wind farms. However, a major market barrier has been raised, with concerns regarding whether a foiling electric CTV could transit to the wind farm and safely transfer technicians onto turbines in up to 1.5m significant wave height, a market wide CTV operational requirement. Further detailed study has identified that directional thrust is a critical requirement for ensuring the challenging bollard-push manoeuvre can be completed effectively and safely. Therefore, during this project Artemis will evolve it’s existing 12m product offering from including a single, fixed propulsion pod to being able to accommodate a second, directional propulsion pod. This will ensure the 12m electric foiling CTV is capable & suitable for the CTV market and maximises the opportunity & applications for Artemis’ 12m vessels. In order to drive market uptake of the eFoiler technology in the offshore wind sector, this barrier needs to be addressed through a real-world demonstration. Consequently, the vision of this demonstration project is to develop, test and deploy a 12m 100% electric foiling CTV, "eFoiler Small-CTV" and shore-based charging infrastructure, to deliver zero emission crew transfer operations at Ørsted's Barrow wind farm. Initially the vessel will be delivered with the single propulsion configuration to complete basic training, trials, and demonstrations, and then it will be retrofitted with Artemis’ newly developed dual propulsion system allowing the vessel then to undertake ‘full’ trials & demonstrations.

船员转运船（ctv）每天用于海上风电领域，运送技术人员到风电场进行操作和维护（O&M）活动。在运行过程中，它们使用耗电的“系柱推进机动”来推动风力涡轮机，在长时间内消耗高达80%的发动机峰值功率。分析预测，到2035年，欧洲的CTV需求峰值将达到524艘，其中30%的现有船队在20米以下。对于这种尺寸的船只来说，一个典型的操作日可能会消耗600升燃料。如果采用传统的化石燃料解决方案，每年运行275天，这将在英国和欧盟产生82,000吨二氧化碳当量。高速船舶脱碳的主要挑战是缺乏可行的航程。水是一种密度很大的流体，要推动船在水中航行需要很大的能量。日常CTV操作所需的平均范围大于将标准船舶转换为纯电池或燃料电池操作的技术可能性。在过去的四年里，Artemis Technologies一直在开发一种颠覆性的电力推进系统——Artemis- efoiler。这项创新包括将高功率密度的电动传动系统集成到自动控制的水翼船中，结合了赛车、游艇比赛和航空航天领域的技术。当Artemis-eFoiler推进的船只加速时，水翼将船体抬起并离开水面，大大减少了受潮面积，从而减少了阻力。2021年，Artemis推出了世界上第一艘100%电动箔船。正在进行的11.5米原型船与其汽油姊妹船的测试已经证明，该船可以在能源效率（高达90%）和乘坐舒适性方面提供显着改进，同时产生零温室气体排放。Artemis进行的分析调查了使用12米电箔CTV取代近岸风电场运行的大型柴油CTV的可行性。然而，一个主要的市场障碍已经出现，人们担心，在高达1.5米的有效浪高（市场广泛的CTV操作要求）下，铝箔式CTV能否转移到风电场，并安全地将技术人员转移到涡轮机上。进一步的详细研究表明，为了确保具有挑战性的系柱推进操作能够有效、安全地完成，定向推力是一个关键要求。因此，在该项目期间，Artemis将对其现有的12米产品进行改进，从包括单个固定推进吊舱到能够容纳第二个定向推进吊舱。这将确保12米电箔CTV能够适用于CTV市场，并最大限度地提高Artemis 12米船的机会和应用。为了推动efiler技术在海上风电领域的市场应用，需要通过实际演示来解决这一障碍。因此，这个示范项目的愿景是开发、测试和部署一个12米的100%电箔CTV，“efiler Small-CTV”和岸上充电基础设施，在Ørsted的Barrow风电场提供零排放的船员转移操作。最初，该船将以单推进配置交付，以完成基本训练、试验和演示，然后将用阿尔忒弥斯公司新开发的双推进系统进行改装，使该船能够进行“全面”试验和演示。