What is the impact of using a fuel cell?

摘要

The cruise industry is one of the most carbon intensive segments of tourism with an average emission of 160 kg CO_2 per passenger per day. As a consequence of the Paris agreement of 2015, cruise operators are facing the challenge to comply to upcoming IMO targets and regulations: a CO_2 reduction of 40 % in 2030 and of 70 % in 2050 and ECA zones with stringent limits on NOx, SOx and PM emissions. A fuel cell system is an alternative for diesel generators, which can offer such emission reductions. However, the implementation of such a system has huge impacts on ship size, ship performance, new build price and operational cost. There are different usable fuel types for a fuel cell and there are different fuel cell types. Damen Shipyards and the TU Delft cooperated to map the impact for the different fuel cell systems to eva- luate which systems perform best on these criteria.