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

要按照国际海事组织(IMO)的监管净零里程碑目标减少温室气体(GHG)排放，到2050年需要在技术和燃料方面进行循序渐进的变革，而不是通过渐进的改进来实现的。船东面临许多技术选择，但必须在考虑性能和整合可行性的情况下考虑这些选择，而不会对作业能力、风险和商业可行性造成不可接受的程度的不利影响。如果没有这一实际考虑，船上采用清洁技术的速度可能会更慢、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，在推进清洁能源技术准备水平(TRL)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，并专注于真正的功能和影响。SRL涉及在平台的任务或任务周期内证明物理集成和接口、系统行为和功能的自动化和控制。该项目专注于解决在真实的大型船舶应用中采用燃料电池的障碍，潜在地加速采用，评估：*燃料电池如何应用于海洋应用并安全地集成到船舶的操作功能中*燃料电池如何集成到更大的船舶的动力和推进体系结构和布局*权衡，以及新技术与当前船舶功能和性能的比较*与今天的基线相比对减少排放的影响*实施路线图。

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.