Fuel Cell Cruise Ship

Carnival Corps AIDA Cruises brand is to pilot the worlds first fuel-cell system designed to power large passenger vessels.

Fuel cell cruise ship. It operates with low emissions noise and vibration and is powered by hydrogen which is reformed from methanol. When optimal power performance and long-term reliability are required fuel cells from Freudenberg fit the transportation bill. This technology which operates at very high temperature approximately 750 C is the most efficient for high-power marine-like applications rather than the low-temperature Hydrogen-based Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell solutions used for instance in the.

One of the advantages of fuel cells is that they only produce CO 2 and water unlike a Diesel engine which also produces other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. The two new vessels are said to be slated for delivery in the second quarters of 2022 and 2024 under an agreement with Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku Oy Meyer Turku. In line with its vision for an emission-neutral cruising AIDA Cruises the German brand of Carnival Corporation is planning the first practical trial of fuel cells aboard an AIDA ship by 2021 the company said in its sustainability report released Monday.

The report discusses 12 fuel cell projects involving shipping including FellowSHIP FCShip METAPHU Nemo H2 FELICITAS SF-BREEZE Pa-X-ell US SSFC MC-WAP ZemShips SchIBZ and RiverCell. A fuel cell runs on hydrogen obtained from methanol which also has the potential to be produced from renewable energies in the future. The companies envisage wide-scale use of fuel cell technology on passenger ships replacing traditional diesel engines with fuel cells and heavy fuel oil HFO with hydrogen.

Furthermore they operate with low noise and vibration. It will be the first cruise vessel to sail with fuel cells technology. The pilot installation on a Royal Caribbean International vessel includes control converter and transformer technology from ABB and will generate 100 kW of energy.

For cruise ships the applications of fuel cell power include generating power for. This concept is particularly well suited to cruise ships according to Baldi. Together with its global partners AIDA Cruises has been focusing for many years in.

Fuel cells generate DC power compatible with modern ship electric and hybrid architectures and may be deployed in parallel dispatchable configurations to meet variable power requirements of vessels. Developed as a hybrid energy system for use in cruise ships the fuel cells will be designed to enable benefits beyond significantly lower emissions including operating with lower noise and vibration. Methanol as an energy carrier offers good properties in terms of storage volume.