Design and Feasibility of a 30- To 40-Knot Emission-Free Ferry

Title

Design and Feasibility of a 30- To 40-Knot Emission-Free Ferry

 Author

Doornebos, Patryk (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering; TU Delft Marine and Transport Technology)

Contributor

Kana, A.A. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-9600-8669
van Biert, L. (graduation committee) ORCID 0000-0003-3019-5278
Akkerman, I. (graduation committee) ORCID 0000-0002-5937-0300
Hoogreef, M.F.M. (graduation committee) ORCID 0000-0001-6106-2414
Francis, M. (mentor)

Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Marine Technology | Ship Design

 Date

2022-07-27

 Abstract

Internal combustion engine (ICE) emissions cause numerous social, environmental, health, and economic issues, including extreme weather or harm to public health. These effects are also experienced in the Chinese Pearl River Delta, where a high-speed, 200-passenger ferry named the Coastal Cruiser 200 (CC-200) uses ICEs to operate. The CC-200's designer, CoCo Yachts, is interested in the technical and economic feasibility of a zero-emission CC-200 variant to negate its contribution to the total ICE emissions. Investigating this interest is this study's purpose, as no currently-operating zero-emission ferries were identified that, at minimum, sail at 30 knots and carry 200 passengers. To reach the study's conclusions, primary and secondary quantitative data were collected, analyzed, and integrated into a parametric model developed to assess the ferry's technical feasibility. Moreover, this data were used to perform an economic assessment. Results showed that a 200-passenger, 30- to 40-knot, emission-free ferry is technically feasible and may or may not be economically feasible when implementing a battery-, compressed hydrogen-, or liquid hydrogen energy carrier system, hydrofoils, and all identified weight-saving measures. It was concluded that for these configurations, the 30-knot, battery-powered hydrofoil ferry has the highest likelihood of being both technically and economically feasible.

 Subject

Zero-emission
Ferry
Ship design
Feasibility
High-speed
Economic assessment
Hydrofoil

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 Document type

master thesis

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