Investigation into the Implications of Fuel Cell Shipboard Integration into the T-AGOS 19 Class
Abstract
Fuel cells have long promised to be the next significant development in power systems technology across all industries. The Navy, with the support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR), has undertaken a range of fuel cell technology developments at NSWC Carderock SSES that support the potential future use in shipboard powering. To date, the focus has been on demonstrating fuel cell technology with marine fuels and the associated risk mitigation of fuel processing systems. There has been, to date, less of a focus on the assessment of the potential navy ship integration aspects. This paper reviews aspects of a study that aimed to assess the potential marine fuel cell technologies, their potential integration issues, and their likely impact on a representative naval ship design. While the first phases of the study took an in-depth look at potential fuel cell technologies, this paper focuses on the outputs and conclusions from the last two phases of the study. In these phases, a range of potential fuel cell based power systems for the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) T-AGOS 19 class were developed before being assessed against a range of both generic ship and specific naval requirements such as noise propagation, emissions, and fuel consumption. Finally the outputs from a more detailed integration exercise of a hybrid fuel cell system onto T-AGOS 19 are reviewed and discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA582049
Entities
People
- Andrew Tate
- Livia Cohen
- Nicholas Weinhold
Organizations
- Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division