Renewable hydrogen production using sailing ships
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Platzer, Max F.
Sarigul-Klijn, Nesrin
Young, J.
Ashraf, M.A.
Lai, J.C.S.
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2014
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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Vast ocean areas of planet Earth are exposed year-round to strong wind currents. We suggest that
this untapped ocean wind power be exploited by the use of sailing ships. The availability of constantly updated meteorological information makes it possible to operate the ships in ocean areas with optimum wind power so that the propulsive ship power can be converted into electric power by means of ship-mounted hydro-power generators. Their electric power output then is fed into ship-mounted electrolyzers to convert sea water into hydrogen and oxygen. In this paper, we estimate the ship size, sail area, and generator size to produce a 1.5 MW electrical power output. We describe a new oscillating-wing hydro-power generator and present results of model tests obtained in a towing tank. Navier-Stokes computations are presented to provide an estimate of the power extraction efficiency and drag coefficient of such a generator which depends on a range of parameters such as foil maximum pitch angles, plunge amplitude, phase between pitch and plunge and load. Also, we present a discussion of the feasibility of sea water electrolysis and of the reconversion of hydrogen and oxygen into electricity by means of
shore-based hydrogen-oxygen power plants.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4026200
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
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5 p.
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M.F. Platzer, N. Sarigul-Klijn, J. Young, M.A. Ashraf, J.C.S. Lai, "Renewable hydrogen production using sailing ships," Journal of Energy Resource Technology, v.136, (Jun 2014), pp. 021203/1-5.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.