Iron Powder as a fuel on Service Vessels
E.P.W. Scherpenhuijsen Rom (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)
Austin A. Kana – Mentor (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
Peter de de Vos – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
A. Souflis-Rigas – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Ship Design, Production and Operations)
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Abstract
This paper provides an initial feasibility study of the potential installation of iron powder energy generation systems aboard a marine service vessel. After a short introduction as to the relevance of this study, the state-of-the-art iron powder energy generation is investigated. This information is then used to decide which marine service vessel would be best suited for an iron powder setup. This investigation leads to the conclusion that a semi-submersible crane vessel is the most optimal choice of service vessel. The feasibility of an iron powder setup on a semi-submersible crane vessel is tested using a design model that takes the key information of the vessels and simulates a particular mission profile to determine a hybrid split including this iron powder setup. This setup is then placed within a set of semi-submersible crane vessel designs in a case study to calculate its base level feasibility looking at the draft, stability, and emissions decrease. From these results, a conclusion can be made evaluating whether the installation of an iron powder energy generation system on a semi-submersible crane vessel can be considered feasible.