Revista UIS Ingenierías

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2023): Revista UIS Ingenierías
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Electric propulsion powered by hydrogen cells: Impact on carbon footprint mitigation

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  • Marcela Patricia Arrieta-García ,
  • Adriana Milena Castaño-Padilla ,
  • Alejandro Luis Olivera-Ruiz
Marcela Patricia Arrieta-García
Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial
Adriana Milena Castaño-Padilla
Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial
Alejandro Luis Olivera-Ruiz
Corporación de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo de la Industria Naval Marítima y Fluvial
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v22n2-2023004

Published 2023-04-03

Keywords

  • Hydrogen,
  • fuel cell,
  • electric propulsion,
  • greenhouse gases,
  • CO2 emissions,
  • global temperature,
  • logistic support vessel and cabotage,
  • maritime industry,
  • fluvial industry,
  • power generation source
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Arrieta-García , M. P. ., Castaño-Padilla , A. M., & Olivera-Ruiz , A. L. (2023). Electric propulsion powered by hydrogen cells: Impact on carbon footprint mitigation . Revista UIS Ingenierías, 22(2), 43–56. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v22n2-2023004

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Abstract

The increase in global temperature, as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, continues to be a major concern that has led to a deep interest in the implementation of hydrogen as a source of electric power generation; therefore, hydrogen fuel cell technologies have been developed and are available on the market to mitigate CO2 emissions generated by the use of fossil fuels. This document describes the methodology used for the design of an electric propulsion system with energy supply from a hydrogen fuel cell in a Light Cabotage and Logistic Support Vessel - BALC-L. The current design of the vessel has a conventional propulsion with two diesel engines of 224 bkW each and two diesel generators 99 ekW each, as the basis for the proposed analysis of an electric propulsion system energized through a hydrogen fuel cell system. As a result, a change in the operational profile of the vessel and a reduction in the CO2 emissions that it would generate throughout its useful life cycle are identified. The research described in this document is a starting point for the implementation of these technologies in the maritime and fluvial industry in Colombia.

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