Title
Corridor Scale Planning of Bunker Infrastructure for Zero-Emission Energy Sources in Inland Waterway Transport
Author
Jiang, M. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
Baart, F. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering; Deltares) 
Visser, K. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations)
Hekkenberg, R.G. (TU Delft Ship Design, Production and Operations) 
van Koningsveld, M. (TU Delft Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering; Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V.) 
Contributor
Li, Yun (editor)
Hu, Yaan (editor)
Rigo, Philippe (editor)
Lefler, Francisco Esteban (editor)
Zhao, Gensheng (editor)
Date
2023
Abstract
The availability of supporting bunker infrastructure for zero-emission energy sources will be key to accommodate zero-emission inland waterway transport (IWT). However, it remains unclear which (mix of) zero-emission energy sources to prepare for, and how to plan the bunker infrastructure in relative positions and required capacity at corridor scale. To provide insight into the positioning and dimensions of bunkering infrastructure we propose a bottom-up energy consumption method combined with agent based network simulation. In the method, we first produce a two-way traffic energy consumption map, aggregated from the energy footprint of individual vessels on the transport network. Next we investigate the potential sailing range of the vessels on the network if they would sail the same routes, but with alternative energy carriers. Based on the sailing range of the vessels for different energy carriers, the maximum inter-distance between refuelling points can be estimated. By aggregating the energy consumptions of all the vessels on the network, we can estimate the required capacity of a given refuelling point. To demonstrate the basic functionality we implement the method to four representative corridor scale inland shipping examples using zero-emission energy sources including hydrogen, batteries, e-NH3, e-methanol and e-LNG. The application in this paper is limited to four abstract cases. A recommended next step is to apply this approach to a more realistic network.
Subject
Inland waterway transport
Zero-emission
Bunkering infrastructure
Sustainable energy sources
Energy consumption
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6138-0_30
Publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-981-19-6137-3
Source
Proceedings of PIANC Smart Rivers 2022 - Green Waterways and Sustainable Navigations: Green Waterways and Sustainable Navigations
Event
PIANC Smart Rivers 2022, 2022-10-18 → 2022-10-21, Nanjing, China
Series
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2366-2557, 264 LNCE
Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
conference paper
Rights
© 2023 M. Jiang, F. Baart, K. Visser, R.G. Hekkenberg, M. van Koningsveld