Zero Emission Super-Yacht

摘要

As we move toward a carbon neutral society we look to develop integrated best solutions to eliminate harmful emissions and provide sustainable energy solutions. Due to the wide range of power and propulsion demand in all maritime segments it is difficult to find one common solution. However, a best section and wide range of offered solutions including multi-lateral cooperation of these expert companies is a key element. Electric Propulsion Systems are proven robust and provide benefits such as load profile flexibility, elimination of torque transients, redundancy, and improved fuel efficiency through sophisticated power management systems. Today fuel flexibility includes the use of carbon neutral fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia due to the fact that these fuels are not comprised of greenhouse gasses. Also there is an infinite amount of hydrogen and it can be isolated using renewable energy. The electrochemical process of a hydrogen powered fuel cell produces electricity and water vapor. The hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell could also be reformed from other fuels. A diesel engine running on ammonia produces zero greenhouse gasses. Advances in hybrid electric propulsion systems provides a platform for renewable harvesting energy sources. A DC bus can provided a hybrid platform for a multitude of DC energy sources to include renewables. These energy sources are an ever-changing landscape and include fuel cells, diesel and turbo generators, batteries, supercapacitors, wind turbines, solar panels, thermal recovery systems, and hydro-turbines to name a few. These combined technologies have made possible zero emission / carbon neutral, efficient, quiet and autonomous power solutions in the megawatt range for application in all segments of the marine industry to include Super-Yachts.