NEWS
PILOT-E initiative [FCB, January 2019, p5],
in order to develop a large-scale maritime
hydrogen solution. The company will have the
first system ready for approval in principle next
year, and its know-how and expertise will be
brought together in the newly formed company
Havyard Hydrogen AS.
Havyard Hydrogen will be a system
integrator, and deliver complete hydrogen energy
systems for ships in cooperation with partners
and subcontractors. It will also work with other
Group companies to deliver ship designs and
complete control and energy systems. Kristian
Osnes from Havyard’s R&D department will be
Executive VP of Havyard Hydrogen.
Havyard and PowerCell Sweden have
developed a 3.2 MW marine PEM fuel cell
system [December 2019, p4]. Such large-scale
systems make completely different demands in
terms of handling hydrogen; for example, it is
critical that the system works as intended when
a ship is at sea and experiencing sea movement.
In addition to scalability, the system includes
flexible placement of the hydrogen tank, for easy
placement in both new-builds and modifications.
Havyard Hydrogen: www.havyard.com/brands--
solutions/havyard-hydrogen
ABS, DSME to study
SOFCs on VLCC ships
T he American Bureau of Shipping
and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine
Engineering in South Korea have signed
a Joint Development Project agreement,
to replace at least one of three diesel
generators onboard a typical Very Large
Crude Carrier (VLCC) oil tanker with
solid oxide fuel cell technology.
This builds on the partners’ first SOFC-
focused collaboration in 2019, which underlined
the high efficiency of an SOFC–gas turbine
hybrid marine system reusing hot exhaust off-
gas [FCB, January 2020, p15]. The new project
will review the feasibility of installing an SOFC
system onboard a VLCC vessel.
DSME will select the particular type of
VLCC for the study, taking into consideration
the analysis of load requirements, emission
control zone, stack characterisation and system
footprint prediction, simulation of process
flow and arrangement of the system on the
vessel, and risk analysis. ABS will review the
findings and evaluate safety issues arising from
the arrangement of the system with respect
to existing vessel structures and equipment
in accordance with ABS Rules and Guides.
Ultimately, DSME intends to seek ABS
Approval for the design.
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American Bureau of Shipping: www.eagle.org
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering:
www.dsme.co.kr
Doosan and Navig8 to
develop marine system
with Ceres SOFC unit
D
oosan Fuel Cell in South Korea
has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with Singapore-based
shipping company Navig8, for the
joint development of a solid oxide fuel
cell system for marine propulsion and
power generation.
Doosan Fuel Cell will develop and
install an SOFC power and propulsion
system in a 50 000 tonne chemical tanker
owned by Navig8, in a pilot programme for
commercialisation. This system will be based
on the SteelCell intermediate temperature
SOFC stack technology developed by
UK-based Ceres Power [FCB, August 2019,
p6]. The system will be tested to ensure that
the fuel cell provides onboard power and for
ship propulsion. Navig8 and Korean Register of
Shipping will help review the ship design and
provide technical support.
Doosan FC has a strategic collaboration with
Ceres Power, which includes building an initial
50 MW manufacturing facility for the licensed
production of Ceres stacks in Korea [October,
p1]. Marine applications could represent a
significant expansion of Doosan’s future business
for the Ceres IT-SOFC technology beyond the
established stationary power market.
Doosan Fuel Cell: www.doosanfuelcell.com
Navig8: www.navig8group.com
Ceres Power: www.ceres.tech
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Micro CHP projects at
inhouse engineering
G erman company inhouse
engineering GmbH has been
awarded government funding for
two projects to optimise PEM fuel
cell combined heat and power (CHP)
residential systems.
The ‘Zwanzig20 – HYPOS – H2 Home
Opti’ project, funded by the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF), will continue
development of a fuel cell CHP unit for stationary
power utilising pure hydrogen. The earlier
H2home and H2home II projects developed
and tested a hydrogen CHP system based on
PEM fuel cells, and optimised integration in a
building to achieve maximum efficiency. The
new project will optimise the interface between
the H2home unit and the H2Netz hydrogen
supply. The pressure of the hydrogen connection
will be significantly reduced, and operation with
odorised hydrogen (and efficient cleaning) will be
investigated. Berlin-based inhouse engineering will
collaborate with DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik
GmbH in Leipzig.
inhouse engineering is also participating
in the ‘Lifetime SelOx’ project, studying the
thermodynamic, chemical, apparatus and
operational principles in a newly developed
Selective Oxidation reactor for co-fine cleaning
in reformers for PEMFC CHP systems. A
functional model will be integrated in a 5 kW
micro CHP system. The project is coordinated
by WS Reformer GmbH and also involves
DBI Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH,
with funding from the Federal Ministry for
Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
inhouse engineering GmbH:
www.inhouse-engineering.de/en
DBI Group: www.dbi-gruppe.de/en.html
WS Reformer GmbH: www.wsreformer.com
SFC order from China
wind energy company,
extends Japan deal
G erman-based SFC Energy has
received an order for 48 EFOY Pro
direct methanol fuel cell systems, to
be delivered to a leading Chinese wind
energy company. SFC is also extending
its partnership with Toyota Tsusho
Corporation in Japan, which will be
SFC’s exclusive partner for promoting
and selling its hydrogen and methanol
fuel cell products in all industrial and
civilian markets.
SFC Energy’s cooperation partner in China,
Beijing Green Century Technology [FCB, May
2018, p14], ordered the EFOY Pro DMFCs on
behalf of the unnamed wind energy company.
The customer ordered EFOY Pro systems
last year, and this latest purchase significantly
expands the order volume. The systems will
be used in offshore measuring stations, which
collect data to determine the suitability of
locations for wind farm construction – some of
them in the open ocean.
Meanwhile, SFC has signed an exclusive sales
and partnership agreement with Toyota Tsusho,
the Toyota Group’s trading arm, under which