Designing the ship around the fuel cell

摘要

Hydrogen fuel cells have a promising future in the maritime sector, but several key technical hurdles need to be addressed, according to presenters at Riviera Maritime Media's Fuel Cells: addressing the key technical challenges webinar. At the third in a series of webinars held during Maritime Hybrid, Electric and Fuel Cells Webinar Week in June, attendees heard from premier partners Ulstein Design & Solutions product manager Ko Stroo, GE Power Conversion senior sales manager for passenger vessels Renaud Cornu and Nedstack chief commercial officer Roel Van de Pas. The expert panellists spoke about the safety and reliability of hydrogen storage and fuel-cell systems, their layout within newbuildings, how to produce robust fuel-cell technologies for maritime applications, the power requirements for different classes of ships and fuel-cell refurbishing and recycling.