7results about "Power plants using fuel cells" patented technology

A ship comprising accommodation facilities having a first power demand, a propulsion system having a second power demand, and a power plant comprising: * a first high-temperature fuel cell unit having a first rated power corresponding to the first power demand, * a second high-temperature fuel cell unit having a second rated power corresponding to the second power demand, * a primary heating / cooling circuit comprising a non-reacting heating / cooling fluid and a flow control means controlling flow thereof, * a controller adapted to control reactant supply to the first fuel cell unit, reactant supply to the second fuel cell unit and to control the flow control means, wherein the controller is adapted to operate the power plant in a first operating mode in which the first fuel cell unit is operated at the first rated power, no reactants are supplied to the second fuel cell unit and the primary heating / cooling circuit transfers heat from the first fuel cell unit to the second fuel cell unit.

An air supply device (100) for a ship is described. The air supply device (100) includes a fuel cell (110) and an air lubrication device (120) for reducing ship drag. The exhaust outlet (111) of the fuel cell (110) is connected to the air lubrication device (120) via an exhaust line (112) for supplying exhaust gas to the air lubrication device (120). Furthermore, a ship (200) including the air supply device (100) according to any embodiment described herein and a method for supplying air to the ship's air lubrication device (120) are described.

The present invention provides a hydrogen powered, modular, SWATH vessel (1); the vessel (1) comprising a plurality of modular vessel components (3) including: a plurality of lower hulls (11, 12) for containing one or more hydrogen storage tanks (100); a plurality of struts (20) each reversibly connected to one of said lower hulls (11, 12); a fore cross-structure (50) and an aft cross-structure (60) each reversibly connected to a strut (20) connected to the first lower hull (11) and a strut (20) connected to the second lower hull (12); and a deck structure (90) reversibly connected between the fore cross-structure (50) and the aft cross-structure (60).

System for controlling a marine vessel comprising a number of devices, the devices including a number of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), the system including at least one processor calculating device score values of the devices, the system also including a control unit connected to said devices and being configured to calculate an efficiency score value based on said device score values, the efficiency score value defining the efficiency of the system The system also is configured to calculate the capacity of the system based on the status of the devices, and to calculate a capacity margin index indicating the capacity of the system devices, according to predetermined scores for each operation mode and computing the efficiency and capacity values, the status of the fuel cells including a health indicator index.

An air supply apparatus for a ship is described. The air supply apparatus includes a fuel cell and an air lubrication device for resistance reduction of the ship. An exhaust gas outlet of the fuel cell is connected with the air lubrication device via an exhaust gas line for supplying exhaust gas to the air lubrication device. Further, a ship comprising an air supply apparatus according to any embodiments described herein as well as a method of supplying air to an air lubrication device of a ship are described.

An exemplary fuel cell ship is a fuel cell ship for propelling a hull by using electric power supplied from a fuel cell that generates electric power through an electrochemical reaction of fuel, and includes a tank compartment installed therein with a fuel tank that stores the fuel. The tank compartment is provided below a deck of the hull and provided separately from other compartments.